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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.-5:30 p.m., January 11, 1995; 8:30 
a.m.-3 p.m., January 12, 1995.
    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 of 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: Tuberculosis elimination progress 
report; development of technical/medical statements; tuberculosis in 
foreign-born persons; essential elements of a tuberculosis program; 
status of screening statement; BCG statement; follow-up on program 
review/program evaluation activities; report from Director, Division 
of Tuberculosis Elimination; correctional facilities statement; and 
update on issues related to surveillance for tuberculosis and HIV.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Persons for More Information: Samuel W. Dooley, Jr., 
M.D., Acting Associate Director for Science, National Center for 
Prevention Services, CDC, and Acting Executive Secretary, ACET, 1600 
Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop E-07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 
404/639-8006.

    Dated: December 19, 1994.
William H. Gimson,
Acting Associate Director for Policy Coordination Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 94-31699 Filed 12-23-94; 8:45 am]
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