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Treating for Two Interagency Working Group
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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AHRQ, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, OS
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NICHD, OD/DPCPSI/ORWH
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This committee provides information to women and their healthcare providers about safer medication use in pregnancy and aims to prevent birth defects and improve treatment of common conditions during pregnancy.
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Treating for Two: Safe Medication Use in Pregnancy Initiative
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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AHRQ, CDC, FDA, HRSA
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OD/DPCPSI/ORWH, NICHD
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The initiative provides expert input for the development of a conference on systematic, evidence-based review of specific medications used during pregnancy and adverse fetal outcomes.
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Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy 2 (TACT2)
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Research Initiative
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CDC
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NIDDK, NCCIH, NHLBI, NIEHS
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TACT2 is a clinical trial to determine whether intravenous (IV) Na2EDTA chelation therapy with oral (by mouth) multivitamins will reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events (such as stroke and heart attack) in patients who have already had a heart attack and who also have type 2 diabetes.
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Tribal Epidemiology Centers Program
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Research Initiative
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IHS
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NIMHD
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The Tribal Epidemiology Centers Program develops Epidemiology Centers and public health infrastructure for American Indian/Alaska Native communities.
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Tribal Health Research Advisory Council (HRAC)
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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ACF, AHRQ, CDC, HRSA, IHS, OS, SAMHSA
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NIMHD
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) supports the activities of the Tribal Health Research Advisory Council (HRAC), including obtaining input from tribal leaders on health research priorities and needs, and dissemination of information.
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Tularemia Animal Model Qualification Working Group
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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FDA
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NIAID
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This working group is collaborating on the qualification of a primate model of pneumonic tularemia under the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Animal Model Qualification/Drug Development Tools Program. Animal model qualification is a regulatory decision and will be published on the FDA website when final. The collaboration includes the exchange of study data, study reports, and agreements on regulatory strategy for model qualification.
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TUS-CPS (Tobacco Use Supplement to Current Population Survey)
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Health Survey
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CDC
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NCI
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The Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS) is an NCI-sponsored survey of tobacco use that has been administered as part of the US Census Bureau''s Current Population Survey approximately every 3-4 years since 1992-93.
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Unified Medical Language System Metathesaurus (UMLS)
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Resource Development
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AHRQ, CDC, CMS, FDA
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NLM
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) Unified Medical Language System (UMLS®) facilitates the development of computer systems that behave as if they understand the meaning of the language of biomedicine and health. To that end, NLM produces and distributes the UMLS Knowledge Sources (databases) and associated software tools (programs) for use by system developers in building or enhancing electronic information systems that create, process, retrieve, integrate, and/or aggregate biomedical and health data and information, as well as in informatics research. By design, the UMLS Knowledge Sources are multi-purpose.
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United States Breastfeeding Committee
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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AHRQ, CDC, HRSA
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NICHD
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The United States Breastfeeding Committee (USBC) is an independent nonprofit organization that was formed in 1998 in response to the Innocenti Declaration of 1990, of which the United States Agency for International Development was a co-sponsor. Among other recommendations, the Innocenti Declaration calls on every nation to establish a multisectoral national breastfeeding committee comprised of representatives from relevant government departments, non-governmental organizations, and health professional associations to coordinate national breastfeeding initiatives. The USBC is now a coalition of more than 50 organizations that support its mission to drive collaborative efforts for policy and practices that create a landscape of breastfeeding support across the United States.
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United States Government Global Nutrition Coordination Plan
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Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
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CDC, FDA, HRSA
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NICHD
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The purpose of the US Government Global Nutrition Coordination Plan is to strengthen the impact of the many diverse nutrition investments across the US Government through better communication and collaboration and through linking research to program implementation. Through coordination mechanisms, the US Government will maximize its support to country-led programs, continue its global leadership and partnerships, and generate, share, and apply knowledge and evidence in the nutrition sector in order to accelerate progress toward shared nutrition goals. The US Government is committed to improving nutrition throughout the world in order to enhance health, productivity, and human potential.
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