[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 77 (Monday, April 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 20117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7682]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Meeting of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the 
Secretary.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As stipulated by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is hereby giving notice 
that the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) will hold a meeting 
by conference call. The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held on May 11, 2007, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 
p.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held by conference call.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Emma English, Program Analyst, 
National Vaccine Program Office, Department of Health and Human 
Services, Room 443-H Hubert H. Humphrey Building, 200 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20201; (202) 690-5566, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to Section 2101 of the Public 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. Section 300aa-1), the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services was mandated to establish the National Vaccine Program 
to achieve optimal prevention of human infectious diseases through 
immunization and to achieve optimal prevention against adverse 
reactions to vaccines. The NVAC was established to provide advice and 
make recommendations to the Assistant Secretary for Health, as the 
Director of the National Vaccine Program, on matters related to the 
program's responsibilities.
    This is a special meeting of the NVAC. Discussions will surround a 
draft document titled ``The Promise and Challenge of Adolescent 
Immunization,'' prepared at the request of the Assistant Secretary for 
Health by the Committee's Adolescent Immunization Working Group. The 
Committee will review the draft document and the Committee will vote to 
either endorse the document as an official NVAC report or request that 
further revisions be made to the document by the Working Group. A copy 
of this draft document can be found on the World Wide Web (http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo) or by contacting the contact person identified above.
    For this special meeting, remote participation will be made 
available via a toll-free call-in phone number. This call-in number can 
be obtained from the contact person identified above and will be 
operator assisted to provide members of the public the opportunity to 
provide comments to the Committees. Members of the public will have the 
opportunity to provide comments at the meeting. Public comment will be 
limited to five minutes per speaker. Any members of the public who wish 
to have printed written comment made available to the Committee members 
should submit materials to the Executive Secretary, NVAC, through the 
contact person listed above prior to close of business May 7, 2007. Any 
written materials submitted by the public that are to be discussed by 
the Committee will be made available via the World Wide Web (http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo) prior to the meeting.

    Dated: April 17, 2007.
Raymond Strikas,
Medical Advisor, National Vaccine Program Office.
[FR Doc. E7-7682 Filed 4-20-07; 8:45 am]
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