[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 98 (Tuesday, May 22, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 28701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9784]


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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: June 13, 2007, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. June 14, 2007, 8:30 
a.m.-3 p.m.
    Place: Four Points by Sheraton Washington DC Downtown Hotel, 1201 K 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005, (202)-289-7600.
    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 of 
Health and Human Services' programs that focus on reducing infant 
mortality and improving the health status of pregnant women and 
infants, and factors affecting the continuum of care with respect to 
maternal and child health care. It includes 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: 
Cesarean section and its effect on pre-term and infant mortality, SIDS 
and related causes of infant death and Preconceptional care. 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 1, 2007.
    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 and location should contact David S. de 
la Cruz, PhD, M.P.H., HRSA, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 
telephone: (301) 443-6332, e-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: May 15, 2007.
Caroline Lewis,
Associate Administrator for Management.
[FR Doc. E7-9784 Filed 5-21-07; 8:45 am]
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