[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44150-44151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21096]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Public Law 92-463), announcement is made of the 
following National

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Advisory body scheduled to meet during the month of September 2001.
    Name: Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality (ACIM).
    Date and Time: September 24, 2001; 9 a.m.--5 p.m.; September 25, 
2001; 8:30 a.m.--3 p.m.
    Place: Georgetown Latham Hotel, 3000 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 
20007, (202) 726-5000.
    The meeting is open to the public.
    Purpose: The Committee provides advice and recommendations to the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services on the following: Department 
programs which are directed at reducing infant mortality and improving 
the health status of pregnant women and infants; factors affecting the 
continuum of care with respect to maternal and child health care, 
including outcomes following childbirth; factors determining the length 
of hospital stay following childbirth; strategies to coordinate the 
variety of Federal, State, and local and private programs and efforts 
that are designed to deal with the health and social problems impacting 
on infant mortality; and the implementation of the Healthy Start 
initiative and infant mortality objectives from Healthy People 2010.
    Agenda: Topics that will be discussed include the following: Early 
Postpartum Discharge; Low-Birth Weight; Disparities in Infant 
Mortality; and the Healthy Start Program.
    Anyone requiring information regarding the Committee should contact 
Peter C. van Dyck, M.D., M.P.H., Executive Secretary, ACIM, Health 
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Room 18-05, Parklawn 
Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, telephone: (301) 443-
2170.
    Individuals who are interested in attending any portion of the 
meeting or who have questions regarding the meeting should contact Ms. 
Kerry P. Nesseler, HRSA, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, telephone: 
(301) 443-2170.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities are further 
determined.

    Dated: August 16, 2001.
Jane M. Harrison,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
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