[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 19 (Tuesday, January 29, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5197-5198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1457]


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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 for the 
aforementioned committee:
    Time and Date: 8 a.m.-6 p.m., February 27, 2008; 8 a.m.-5 p.m., 
February 28, 2008.
    Place: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tom Harkin 
Global Communications Center, 1600 Clifton Road, NE., Building 19, Kent 
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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 
Influenza Vaccines; Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine; Rabies Vaccine and 
Biologicals; Human Papillomavirus Vaccines; Anthrax Vaccine; Rotavirus 
Vaccines; Use of Vaccines during Pregnancy & Breastfeeding; Update on 
Vaccine Supply; General Recommendations; Japanese Encephalitis 
Vaccines; Immunization Safety Update; Combination Vaccines; Update on 
Implementation of Approach to Economic Analyses and agency updates. 
There may be VFC voting on the Influenza and Meningococcal 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., Mailstop 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: January 18, 2008.
Diane Allen,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E8-1457 Filed 1-28-08; 8:45 am]
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