[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 30131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10429]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality; Notice of Meeting

    In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), notice is hereby given of the following 
meeting:
    Name: Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality (ACIM).
    Dates and Times: July 7, 2005, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., July 8, 2005, 8:30 
a.m.-3 p.m.
    Place: The Wyndham Washington Hotel, 1400 M Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20005, (202) 429-1700.
    Status: The meeting is open to the public with attendance limited 
to space availability.
    Purpose: The Committee provides advice and recommendations to the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services on the following: Department 
programs that 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; strategies to coordinate the 
variety of Federal, State, 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 program 
and Healthy People 2010 infant mortality objectives.
    Agenda: Topics that will be discussed include the following: 
Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services Financing, Health Disparities 
in the MCH Population, and Improving Data and Public Health Practice. 
Substantial time will be spent in Subcommittee and full Committee 
discussions aimed at formulating the ACIM issues agenda. Proposed 
agenda items are subject to change as priorities indicate.
    Time will be provided for public comments limited to five minutes 
each; comments are to be submitted no later than June 22, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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 submitting public comments or who have 
questions regarding the meeting should contact Ann M. Koontz, C.N.M., 
Dr.P.H., HRSA, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, telephone: (301) 443-
6327, e-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: May 18, 2005.
Tina M. Cheatham,
Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
[FR Doc. 05-10429 Filed 5-24-05; 8:45 am]
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