[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 78865]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30568]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6464]


Meeting of the Expert Panel on Prevention of Mother-to-Child 
Transmission of HIV

    The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Expert 
Panel on Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV will meet on 
January 9, 2009 at 9 a.m. in the Shriver B and C Conference Rooms at 
Peace Corps Headquarters located at 1111 20th Street NW., Washington, 
DC 20526. The meeting will last until approximately 5 p.m. and is open 
to the public.
    The meeting will be hosted by the Office of the United States 
Global AIDS Coordinator, Ambassador Mark Dybul, who leads 
implementation of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief 
(PEPFAR).
    The Expert Panel serves the U.S. Government by providing an 
objective review of activities to prevent mother-to-child transmission 
of HIV. It will provide a report with recommendations to the U.S. 
Global AIDS Coordinator and the appropriate congressional committees 
for scale-up of prevention of mother-to-child transmission services. 
Topics for the January 9th meeting are the Global Status of PMTCT 
Program Implementation, Update on the Science of PMTCT, PEPFAR PMTCT 
Programs, Overcoming Barriers, and Collaboration with International and 
Multilateral Groups.
    The public may attend this meeting as seating capacity allows. 
Admittance to the Peace Corps building will be by means of a pre-
arranged clearance list. In order to be placed on the list, please 
provide your name, title, company, or other affiliation if appropriate, 
to the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator email 
([email protected]), or telephone (202) 663-2708 by January 7.
    For further information about the meeting, please contact Rebecca 
Hooper, Director of Management and Budget, Office of the Global AIDS 
Coordinator at (202) 663-2339 or [email protected].

    Dated: November 21, 2008.
Mark Dybul,
Coordinator, Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, Department of 
State.
 [FR Doc. E8-30568 Filed 12-22-08; 8:45 am]
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