[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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