[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 71003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28782]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Office of Global Affairs, OS, HHS.

ACTION: Public Meeting/Teleconference/Listening Session.

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SUMMARY: The session will allow members of the public the opportunity 
to provide individual feedback on the recommendations included in the 
Report of the WHO's Consultative Expert Working Group on R&D Financing 
and Coordination (CEWG).

DATES: Meeting will be held on December 18, 2012 at 4 p.m. EST.

ADDRESSES: Meeting will be held at the Institute of Medicine of the 
National Academies and via teleconference: The Keck Center, 500 Fifth 
Street NW., Washington, DC, Phone: 202-334-2000.
To RSVP for the event, please visit the following web address: 
www.iom.edu/globalhealthresearch.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information, please contact 
Hannah Burris, Office of Global Affairs, U.S. Department of Health and 
Human Services. Email: [email protected]. Telephone (202) 260-1812.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Status: The meeting will be open to the public.
    Purpose: WHO Member States requested the establishment of the 
Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and Development: 
Financing and Coordination (CEWG) to find innovative solutions to 
address the unmet need for research and development for diseases 
affecting developing countries. The CEWG was established by the World 
Health Assembly in 2010 by resolution WHA63.28. In April of 2012, the 
CEWG issued their Report, which included a series of recommendations. 
At the World Health Assembly in May 2012, Member States passed 
Resolution 65.22 urging all countries to hold national-level 
consultations to consider the Report and its recommendations.
    The Office of Global Affairs within HHS is the lead USG 
coordinating agency on the World Health Organization and its related 
work, including consideration of the recommendations put forward by the 
CEWG. This public meeting, co-hosted by HHS Office of Global Affairs 
and the Institute of Medicine, is intended to provide an opportunity 
for input on the CEWG recommendations more broadly. This public meeting 
will serve as the national-level consultation and is primarily a 
listening session, where individuals representing a personal viewpoint 
or that of their organization can provide input.
    Agenda: The meeting/teleconference will be held on December 18th, 
2012. The session will start with a short introduction on the 
recommendations and history of the CEWG. Members of the public will 
then be able to provide individual input on the recommendations of the 
CEWG.

    Dated: November 16, 2012.
Jimmy Kolker,
Deputy Director, Office of Global Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2012-28782 Filed 11-27-12; 8:45 am]
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