Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library collection

Opening Session -- NCHHSTP Director’s Report -- DTBE Director’s Report -- Update on TB-Related Affordable Care Act Issues -- Update by the ACET Essential Components Workgroup -- Update by the DTBE Corrections Workgroup -- Update on TB Drug and Biologic Shortages in the United States -- Update on CDC’s Global TB Activities -- Public Comment Session -- ACET Business Session -- Closing Session -- Attachment 1: Participants’ Directory -- Attachment 2: Glossary of Acronyms.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Division of Tuberculosis Elimination (DTBE) convened a virtual meeting of the Advisory Council for the Elimination of Tuberculosis (ACET) on March 4, 2014.

ACET is chartered to provide advice to the Secretary of HHS and the Director of CDC regarding the elimination of tuberculosis (TB); make recommendations regarding policies, strategies, objectives and priorities; address the development and application of new technologies; provide guidance on CDC’s TB Prevention Research portfolio and program priorities; and review the extent to which progress has been made toward eliminating TB.