[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 14 (Thursday, January 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 3326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1598]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


The National Center for Infectious Diseases (NCID) of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Announces the Following 
Workshop

    Name: Addressing Emerging Infectious Diseases II: Entering the 21st 
Century.
    Times and Dates: 10:30 a.m.-5:45 p.m., January 22, 1998; 8:30 a.m.-
3 p.m., January 23, 1998.
    Place: CDC, Auditorium A, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 
30333.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
    Purpose: The purpose of this workshop is to discuss the proposed 
update to the CDC Plan, ``Addressing Emerging Infectious Diseases 
Threats: A Prevention Strategy for the United States.''
    Matters To Be Discussed: The Workshop will consist of a revision 
and up-dating of goals, directions, prevention, and control strategies 
of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases of the 21st Century. 
The agenda will include an NCID update; an overview of CDC Emerging 
Infections Plan 1998-2003; discussion; charge to the workgroups on (a) 
surveillance and response, (b) applied research, (c) prevention and 
control, and (d) infrastructure; a review of the workgroup progress; 
and reports.
    The working groups will consist of representatives from national 
and international organizations, and State and Federal representatives.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Written comments are welcome and should be received by the contact 
person listed below prior to the opening of the meeting.
    Contact Person for More Information: Diane S. Holley, Office of the 
Director, NCID, CDC, M/S C-20, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 
30333, telephone 404/639-0078.

    Dated: January 16, 1998.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-1598 Filed 1-20-98; 10:47 am]
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