[Federal Register: November 2, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 211)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
Public Health Response to Asthma

    The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) of the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the following 
meeting:

    Name: A Public Health Response to Asthma.
    Times and Dates:
    1 p.m.-8 p.m., February 15, 2000.
    8 a.m.-5 p.m., February 16, 2000.
    8 a.m.-12 p.m., February 17, 2000.
    Place: Sheraton Atlanta Hotel, 165 Courtland St; Atlanta, 
Georgia 30303 Telephone, 404/659-6500.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by space available. The 
meeting space accommodates approximately 250 people.
    Purpose: The purpose of this conference is to provide a forum 
for increasing knowledge regarding asthma prevention and control and 
an update of current asthma surveillance and intervention activities 
in State and local health agencies. It will also provide a forum for 
interaction with colleagues from across the country.
    Matters To Be Discussed: Agenda items include a discussion of 
asthma surveillance; community interventions; barriers to adequate 
disease management, and lessons learned from ongoing programs. 
Concurrent workgroups, round tables, and topic tables will be held 
to further detailed discussions on asthma related topics.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Leslie Boss, Ph.D., Air 
Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch, Division of Environmental 
Hazards and Health Effects, NCEH, CDC, Mailstop F-39, 4770 Buford 
Highway, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30341-3724. Telephone 770/488-7320, e-
mail LPB1@cdc.gov.
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services Office has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining 
to announcements of meetings and other committee management 
activities for both the Centers for Disease Control and

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Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: October 27, 1999.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 99-28584 Filed 11-1-99; 8:45 am]
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