Meetings: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

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Federal Register: June 2, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 106)

Notices

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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

In accordance with section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92-463), the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC), announces the following meeting of the aforementioned committee:

Times and Dates: 8 a.m.-6 p.m., June 25, 2008. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.,

June 26, 2008.

Place: CDC, Tom Harkin Global Communications Center, 1600

Clifton Road, NE., Building 19, Kent ``Oz'' Nelson Auditorium,

Atlanta, Georgia 30333.

Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.

Purpose: The committee is charged with advising the Director,

CDC, on the appropriate uses of immunizing agents. In addition, under 42 U.S.C. 1396s, the committee is mandated to establish and periodically review and, as appropriate, revise the list of vaccines for administration to vaccine-eligible children through the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program, along with schedules regarding the appropriate periodicity, dosage, and contraindications applicable to the vaccines.

Matters to be Discussed: The agenda will include discussions on

Rotavirus Vaccines; Combination Vaccines; MMRV Vaccine; Human

Papillomavirus Vaccines; Pneumococcal Vaccines; Measles Outbreaks in the United States (2008); Adult Immunization Schedule; Anthrax

Vaccine; Influenza Vaccines; Rabies Vaccine and Biologicals; Vaccine

Supply; and Immunization Safety Update. There may be VFC voting on the Rotavirus, Combination and Human Papillomavirus Vaccines.

Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.

Contact Person for More Information: Antonette Hill,

Immunization Services Division, National Center for Immunization and

Respiratory Diseases, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., (E-05), Atlanta,

Georgia 30333, Telephone (404) 639-8836, Fax (404) 639-8905.

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 CDC and ATSDR.

Dated: May 27, 2008.

Elaine Baker,

Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention.

FR Doc. E8-12234 Filed 5-30-08; 8:45 am

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