[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4277-4278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2423]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: Meeting

    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 committee meeting:

    Name: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
    Times and Dates: 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m., February 21, 1996; 8:30 a.m.-
2:45 p.m., February 22, 1996.
    Place: CDC, Auditorium A, Building 2, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., 
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.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The Committee will discuss issues 
regarding use of a cellular pertussis vaccines in infants; polio 
vaccination recommendation and schedule; approval of pneumococcal 
vaccination recommendation; harmonization schedule; update on the 
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program; update on the National Vaccine 
Program Office; vaccination of HIV-infected persons; update on the 
influenza season; influenza vaccination in HIV-infected persons; 
influenza vaccine strain selection for 1996-1997; proposed 
modifications in the ACIP influenza statement; timing of vaccination 
campaigns: influenza vaccine and pregnancy; review of measles, 
mumps, rubella policy statement; programmatic strategies to increase 
immunization coverage; varicella update; update on progress towards 
disease elimination goals; CDC working group on new vaccines; update 
on the National Immunization Survey; and new rabies vaccine: 
modification of guidelines for treatment of bat rabies. Other 
matters of relevance among the Committee's objectives may be 
discussed.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Gloria A. Kovach, Committee 
Management Specialist, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop A20, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-3851.


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    Dated: January 31, 1996.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 96-2423 Filed 2-2-96; 8:45 am]
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