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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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