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determined by the Secretary from
individuals who are considered
authorities with particular expertise in,
or knowledge of, matters concerning
HIV/AIDS.
The agenda for this Council meeting
includes the following topics:
disparities in HIV/AIDS health care,
HIV/AIDS prevention, and HIV/AIDS
international issues. Members of the
public will have the opportunity to
provide comments at the meeting.
Public comment will be limited to three
(3) minutes per speaker.
Public attendance is limited to space
available and pre-registration is
required. Any individual who wishes to
participate should register at http://
www.pacha.gov. Individuals must
provide a photo ID for entry into the
Humphrey building. Individuals who
plan to attend and need special
assistance, such as sign language
interpretation or other reasonable
accommodations, should indicate in the
comment section when registering.
Members of the media/press should
contact HHS Press Office for clearance
at (202) 690–6343.
Dated: February 2, 2006.
Joseph Grogan,
Executive Director, Presidential Advisory
Council on HIV/AIDS.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Meeting of the Citizens’ Health Care
Working Group
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality (AHRQ), HHS.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In accordance with section
10(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, this notice announces a meeting of
the Citizens’ Health Care Working
Group (the Working Group) mandated
by section 1014 of the Medicare
Modernization Act.
DATES: A business meeting of the
Working Group will be held on
Thursday, March 2, 2006 from 1 p.m. to
4:30 p.m. and Friday, March 3, 2006
from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will take place
at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and
Suites, 404 South Figueroa Street, Los
Angeles, California 90071. The meeting
is open to the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Working Group, at (301) 443–1514 or
[email protected]. If sign language
interpretation or other reasonable
accommodation for a disability is
needed, please contact Mr. Donald L.
Inniss, Director, Chief of Equal
Employment Opportunity Program,
Program Support Center, on (301) 443–
1444.
The agenda for this Working Group
meeting will be available on the
Citizens’ Working Group Web site
http://www.citizenshealthcare.gov. Also
available at that site is a roster of
Working Group members. When
summaries of these meetings are
completed, they will also be available
on the Web site.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
1014 of Pub. L. 108–173, (known as the
Medicare Modernization Act) directs the
Secretary of the Department of Health
and Human Services (DHHS), acting
through the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality, to establish a
Citizens’ Health Care Working Group
(Citizen Group). This statutory
provision, codified at 42 U.S.C. 299 n.,
directs the Working Group to: (1)
Identify options for changing our health
care system so that every American has
the ability to obtain quality, affordable
health care coverage; (2) provide for a
nationwide public debate about
improving health care systems; and (3)
submit its recommendations to the
President and the Congress.
The Citizens’ Health Care Working
Group is composed of 15 members: the
Secretary of DHHS is designated as a
member by statute and the Comptroller
General of the U.S. Government
Accountability Office (GAO) was
directed to name the remaining 14
members whose appointments were
announced on February 28, 2005.
Working Group Meeting Agenda
The Working Group business meeting
on March 2nd and 3rd will be devoted
to ongoing Working Group business.
Topics to be addressed are expected to
include: an update on progress to date
with community meetings; broad
concepts relating to the Working
Group’s recommendations and related
report; and preparation for the Los
Angeles community meeting, which
will take place Saturday, March 4.
Submission of Written Information
The Working Group invites written
submissions on those topics to be
addressed at the Working Group
business meeting listed above. In
general, individuals or organizations
wishing to provide written information
for consideration by the Citizens’ Health
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information electronically to
[email protected]. Since all
electronic submissions will be posted
on the Working Group Web site,
separate submissions by topic will
facilitate review of ideas submitted on
each topic by the Working Group and
the public.
Dated: February 10, 2006.
Carolyn M. Clancy,
Director.
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Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
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Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement
of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for
opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed projects. To
request more information on the
proposed projects or to obtain a copy of
the data collection plans and
instruments, call 404–639–5960 and
send comments to Seleda Perryman,
CDC Assistant Reports Clearance
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS–D74,
Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail to
[email protected].
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology. Written comments should
be received within 60 days of this
notice.
Proposed Project
A Sustainability Assessment of
Community-based Interventions in
Northwestern Tanzania—New—
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(NCCDPHP), Coordinating Center for
Health Promotion (CoCHP), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Empowerment and capacity building
have been promoted by the Bamako
Initiative as integral steps in making
Primary Health Care (PHC) services
universally available. Health Sector
Reform programs since the early 1990s
have built on the Bamako Initiative,
drawing attention to the potential for
community engagement in health
services and health governance through
mechanisms such as Community Health
Funds. In many contexts communityfocused approaches have been used to
promote maternal and infant health, and
community well-being.
In Tanzania, a community-based
approach to improve maternal and
newborn health (MNH) and reduce
preventable maternal and perinatal
deaths was implemented by CARE with
CDC support from 1997–2002. This
approach used a community-based
surveillance system to identify
preventable deaths during pregnancy

potential to inform community-focused
programs and research in every context.
Assessment of sustainability is critical
for promoting community mobilization
within the health care sector in resource
poor settings such as northwestern
Tanzania and potentially other such
places where CARE and other
organizations work.
The primary purpose of this proposal
is an assessment of a program called the
Community Based Reproductive Health
Program (CBRHP). Of particular interest
are the acceptance, relevance and
sustainability of: (a) Volunteer village
health workers efforts; (b) communitybased maternal and peri-natal
surveillance system; and (c) emergency
medical transport systems in resource
poor settings—some of the initiatives
that were implemented in the first phase
of the CBRHP managed by CARE during
1997–2002. Qualitative and quantitative
methods will be used to conduct this
assessment.
There are no costs to respondents
except their time to participate in the
survey.

and during the perinatal and newborn
period, and developed a community
mobilization program utilizing
community volunteers to assist women
and families with obstetrical
emergencies to get to functioning health
facilities. Specifically the initiative
focused on increasing capacity for
community members to identify and
participate in decisions and strategies
for providing health care services, and
supporting prevention and health
education through village health
workers (VHWs).
Evaluation of this effort showed that
the community members used the
services successfully and supported
their volunteers, but only a handful of
these communities had programs in
place that were functional at the end of
the project in 2002. Since the end of
project activities, the long-term
sustainability of community-level efforts
has not been assessed. Therefore, this
proposed initiative presents a unique
opportunity to examine long-term
legacies of community-based programs,
which is seldom done, but has the

ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN TABLE
Average
burden per
response (in
hours)

Total burden
(in hours)

Villagers ...........................................................................................................
Leaders ............................................................................................................
Village health workers .....................................................................................
Facility staff ......................................................................................................

200
40
44
15

1
2
1
2

1
45/60
30/60
30/60

200
60
22
15

Total ..........................................................................................................

299

........................

........................

297

Dated: February 10, 2006.
Joan F. Karr,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
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Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork
Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) publishes a list of
information collection requests under
review by the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) in compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35). To request a copy of these

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requests, call the CDC Reports Clearance
Officer at (404) 639–5960 or send an email to [email protected]. Send written
comments to CDC Desk Officer, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington,
DC or by fax to (202) 395–6974. Written
comments should be received within 30
days of this notice.
Proposed Project

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Number of responses per
respondent

Number of
respondents

Respondents

Online Surveys to Measure
Awareness of Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome and the CDC Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome Public Awareness
Campaign—New—National Center for
Health Marketing (NCHM), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a
serious illness that affects many
Americans. With as many as 900,000
cases, many of which are misdiagnosed
or left undiagnosed, the need for a CFS

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public education and awareness
campaign is crucial.
Research shows that 80 to 90 percent
of patients have not been diagnosed and
are not receiving proper medical care.
Lack of awareness and information
among health care providers about CFS
as a serious and treatable illness has
created significant barriers to diagnosing
and treating those who suffer from CFS.
Congress recognized the need to
change this scenario, as reported in the
Committee Reports for the Senate
Appropriations Committee (Senate
Report 108–345—To accompany S. 2810
Sept. 15, 2004) when the committee
stated:
Further, the Committee encourages CDC to
better inform the public about this condition,
its severity and magnitude and to use
heightened awareness to create a registry of
CFS patients to aid research in this field.

During the next three years, CDC, in
partnership with the Chronic Fatigue
and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome

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