Department of Health and Human Services May 19, 2008 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the third meeting of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Objectives for 2020. All Committee meetings are open to the public. The Committee will review the nation's health promotion and disease prevention objectives and efforts to develop goals and objectives to improve the health status and reduce health risks for Americans by the year 2020. The Committee will provide to the Secretary of Health and Human Services advice and consultation to facilitate the process for developing and implementing the next iteration of national health promotion and disease prevention goals and objectives and provide advice for initiatives to occur during the initial implementation phase of the goals and objectives. HHS will use the advice that is provided to develop recommendations to form the national health promotion and disease prevention objectives for 2020 and the process for implementing the objectives. The intent is to develop and launch objectives designed to improve the health status and reduce health risks for Americans by the year 2020.

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is hereby giving notice that the National Vaccine Program Office (NVPO) is seeking comments on a draft document that has been prepared for presentation to the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC).