[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 11, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-25140]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis: Meeting
In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) announces the following council meeting.
Name: Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis
(ACET).
Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., October 26, 1994. 8:30
a.m.-12 noon, October 27, 1994.
Place: Corporate Square Office Park, Corporate Square Boulevard,
Building 11, Room 1413, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
Purpose: This council advises and makes recommendations to the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Assistant Secretary for
Health, and the Director, CDC, regarding the elimination of
tuberculosis. Specifically, the council makes recommendations
regarding policies, strategies, objectives, and priorities; and
addresses the development and application of new technologies; and
reviews and extent to which progress has been made toward
eliminating tuberculosis.
Matters to be Discussed: Analysis of participant results from
CDC MDR-TB Performance Evaluation program; TB among immigrants and
refugees: Report of the Working Group; funding/resources (including
National Institutes of Health research); status of BCG statement;
new training and education materials/activities; status of screening
statement; statement on the foreign-born; twice a week directly
observed therapy; program performance and strategies to improve
local programs/evaluation; and a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly
Report announcement on Rifater.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Contact Person for More Information: Samuel W. Dooley, Jr.,
M.D., Acting Associate Director for Science, National Center for
Prevention Services, and Acting Executive Secretary, ACET, 1600
Clifton Road, NE, Mailstop E-07, Atlantic, Georgia 30333, telephone
404/639-8006.
Dated: October 4, 1994.
William H. Gimson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Coordination, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 94-25140 Filed 10-7-94; 8:45 am]
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