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[FR Doc No: 94-3348]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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.-5 p.m., March 15, 1994; 8:30 a.m.-12
Noon, March 16, 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;
addresses the development and application of new technologies; and
reviews the extent to which progress has been made toward
eliminating tuberculosis.
Matters to be discussed: Update on federal tuberculosis
activities; update on hospital surveys; update on MDR-TB hospital
outbreaks and tuberculosis guideline revision; BCG status report;
model tuberculosis program; update on Prevention Effectiveness
studies Unit; evaluating tuberculosis programs/program management
reports; review of corrections statement; and tuberculosis screening
guidelines.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Contact person for more information: Dixie E. Snider, Jr., M.D.,
Acting Deputy Associate Director for Science, CDC, and Executive
Secretary, ACET, 1600 Clifton Road NE., Mailstop A-20, Atlanta,
Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-3812.
Dated: February 8, 1994.
Elvin Hilyer,
Associate Director for Policy Coordination, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 94-3348 Filed 2-11-94; 8:45 am]
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