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Contents : State or local health department staff Other Community-based organization staff Community leader For more information: Activist Policy maker www.cdc.gov/std/see/ Religious leader Health care professional How do you describe your work/profession zip state city address name Please send relevant materials to: Other Displaying SEE materials in my place of business Providing incentives for syphilis screenings Recruiting volunteers Providing space for meetings Assist my local health department s SEE outreach efforts by: Involve health care providers in syphilis elimination activities together we can see. Together we can wipe out this disease and make our communities healthier for a safer today and tomorrow. (Please see response card for a list of ways you can get involved in this effort). We look forward to receiving your response card and to working with you in the near future. Educate policy makers and opinion leaders about the importance of syphilis elimination the time to see is now. While U.S. syphilis rates reached their lowest point ever in 2000 they have since been on the rise increasing slightly in 2001 and more substantially in 2002. Between 2001 and 2002 the overall syphilis rate increased 12.4 percent from 2.2 to 2.4 cases per 100 000 people. In 2003 reported P&S syphilis cases increased 4.6 percent. Because syphilis tends to rebound in 7- to 10-year cycles we must seize this opportunity to eliminate syphilis now while rates are still relatively low. Increase awareness about syphilis and syphilis elimination in my community This local effort is part of a broader national Syphilis Elimination Effort (SEE) bringing together health care providers community leaders and policy makers at the national state and local levels to drive down the syphilis rate in the United States. The goal is to reduce the number of primary and secondary (P&S) syphilis cases to less than 1 000 (0.4 cases per 100 000 people) and make at least 90 percent of U.S. counties including ours syphilis-free. Coordinate syphilis elimination activities within my organization You are invited to become part of a local effort to eliminate syphilis from our community and help erase one of our nation s biggest racial disparities in health. Syphilis is concentrated in a small number of counties most of them urban or in the South. Unfortunately ours is one of them. In 2003 our community reported a syphilis rate of cases per 100 000 people compared to the national rate of 2.2 cases per 100 000 people. Thank you for inviting me to join the SEE initiative. I would like to receive information so that I can: (Please check all that apply) together

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