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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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