[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24636]


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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 meeting.

    Name: Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis 
(ACET).
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., October 16, 1997; 8:30 a.m.-
12 p.m., October 17, 1997.
    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. 
The meeting room accommodates approximately 100 people.
    Purpose: The 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: Agenda items include follow-up 
discussion on issues related to isoniazid prevention therapy; 
discussions on scientific basis of TB vaccine; TB vaccine 
development and implementation; economic issues relating to TB 
vaccines; and developing long term goals and/or issues of ACET. 
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person For More Information: Janet Cleveland, National 
Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S 
E-07, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-8008.

    Dated: September 11, 1997.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-24636 Filed 9-16-97; 8:45 am]
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