[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 3 (Friday, January 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-25602]


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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: January 23, 2008, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. January 24, 2008, 
8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
    Place: Westin Washington, DC City Center, 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 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: HRSA 
Update, MCHB Update, Healthy Start National Evaluation Update, 
presentations from a rural Healthy Start project and an urban Healthy 
Start project, related causes of infant mortality including accidents 
in the post-neonatal period, and pre-conceptional 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 January 2, 2008.

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, Ph.D., M.P.H., HRSA, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, 
telephone: (301) 443-6332, e-mail: [email protected].

    Dated: December 27, 2007.
Alexandra Huttinger,
Acting Director, Division of Policy Review and Coordination.
 [FR Doc. E7-25602 Filed 1-3-08; 8:45 am]
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