[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 45 (Monday, March 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 12500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05416]
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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:
March 26, 2015, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
March 27, 2015, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Place: Hyatt Regency Bethesda, One Bethesda Metro Center, 7400
Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814.
Status: The meeting is open to the public with attendance limited
to space availability. For more details and registration, please visit
the ACIM Web site: http://www.hrsa.gov/advisorycommittees/mchbadvisory/InfantMortality/index.html.
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 infants and pregnant
women; and factors affecting the continuum of care with respect to
maternal and child health care. The Committee focuses on outcomes
following childbirth; strategies to coordinate myriad 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 2020
infant mortality objectives.
Agenda: Topics that will be discussed include the following: HRSA
Update; MCHB Update; Healthy Start Program Update; Updates from
Partnering Agencies and Organizations; and, ACIM's recommendations for
the HHS National Strategy to Address Infant Mortality, specifically
Strategy 4: Increase Health Equity and Reduce Disparities by Targeting
Social Determinants of Health through both Investments in High-Risk,
Under-Resourced Communities and Major Initiatives to Address Poverty.
Proposed agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Time will be provided for public comments limited to 5 minutes
each. Comments are to be submitted in writing no later than 5:00 p.m.
(EST) on March 19, 2015.
For Further Information Contact: Anyone requiring information regarding
the Committee should contact Michael C. Lu, M.D., M.P.H., Executive
Secretary, ACIM, Health Resources and Services Administration, Room 18
W, Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 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., ACIM Designated Federal Official, HRSA,
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, telephone: (301) 443-0543, or email:
[email protected].
Jackie Painter,
Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2015-05416 Filed 3-6-15; 8:45 am]
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