[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 33 (Friday, February 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 8382]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4090]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)


The Advisory Council for 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., March 10, 1999. 8:30 a.m.-12 
p.m., March 11, 1999.
    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; discussion of combined 
preparations of TB drugs; update on contact studies; and follow-up 
on TB vaccine issues. 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.

    The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register Notices pertaining to 
announcements of meetings and other committee management activities, 
for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: February 11, 1999.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-4090 Filed 2-18-99; 8:45 am]
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