[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 184 (Wednesday, September 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 50916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25396]


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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 p.m., October 7, 1998. 8:30 a.m.-12 
p.m., October 8, 1998.
    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: 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: Agenda items include revisiting the 1989 
TB elimination strategic plan; follow-up on TB prevention activities in 
Botswana; and review and discussion of TB Trials Consortium activities. 
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Beth Wolfe, 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 16, 1998.
John C. Burckhardt,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-25396 Filed 9-22-98; 8:45 am]
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