[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 156 (Friday, August 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50223-50224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20355]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of 
Authority

    Part C (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of the 
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of 
the Department of Health and Human Services (45 FR 67772-76, dated 
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 69296, October 20, 1980, as 
amended most recently at 76 FR 47189-47190, dated August 4, 2011) is 
amended to reflect the reorganization of the Center for Global Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as 
follows: After the title and functional statements for the Division of 
Global Disease Detection and Emergency Response (CWJ), insert the 
following:
    Global Immunization Division (CWK). The Global Immunization 
Division (GID) protects the health of Americans and global citizens by 
preventing disease, disability, and death worldwide from vaccine-
preventable diseases. In carrying out its mission, GID: (1) Provides 
national leadership and coordination of the CGH efforts to eradicate 
polio, control or eliminate measles, strengthen routine immunization 
programs, introduce new and under-utilized vaccines, and promote safe 
injection practices, in collaboration with international organizations 
and CDC Centers/Institute/Offices; (2) provides short- and long-term 
consultation and technical assistance to the WHO, UNICEF, and foreign 
countries involved in global immunization activities and participates 
in international advisory group meetings on immunization issues; (3) 
administers grants to WHO, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), 
UNICEF, and other international partners as appropriate for the 
provision of technical, programmatic, and laboratory support, and 
vaccine procurement for initiatives to support global immunization 
targets; (4) designs and participates in international research, 
monitoring, and evaluation projects to increase the effectiveness of 
immunization strategies as may be developed; (5) develops strategies to 
improve the technical skills and problem-solving abilities of program 
managers and health care workers in other countries; (6) refines 
strategies developed for the eradication or control of vaccine-
preventable diseases in the Western Hemisphere for implementation in 
other parts of the world; (7) assists other countries, WHO, and other 
partners to improve surveillance for polio, measles, and other vaccine 
preventable diseases (VPDs); (8) prepares articles based on findings 
for publication in international professional journals and presentation 
at international conferences; (9) collaborates with other countries, 
WHO, UNICEF, and advocacy groups to ensure the availability of 
sufficient funds to purchase an adequate supply of polio, measles, and 
other vaccines, and funds for technical support for use in eradication 
and control efforts; and (10) provides technical and operational 
leadership for CDC's activities in support of the immunization 
initiatives such as Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization and 
the Global Immunization Vision and Strategies.
    Office of the Director (CWK1). (1) Provides leadership, management, 
and oversight for all division activities; (2) provides coordination of 
budgeting and liaison with CGH, and FMO on budget and spending; (3) 
provides coordination and oversight of the division's

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personnel actions including liaison with CGH and CDC's human resource 
office; (4) develops and promotes partnerships with other organizations 
to support global immunization activities; (5) liaises and coordinates 
with other CDC offices engaged in global immunization activities; (6) 
provides coordination and oversight of division research and scientific 
publications, and liaison with other CDC offices involved in scientific 
oversight; (7) provides coordination of the division communications 
activities including liaison with other CDC communications offices and 
those of our partner agencies; (8) represents CDC, CGH, and the 
division at global and national meetings and other fora for global 
immunization activities; and (9) provides oversight for all Embassy/
International Cooperative Administrative Supportive Services costs for 
the division's field staff.
    Vaccine Preventable Disease Eradication and Elimination Branch 
(CWKB). (1) Plans, coordinates, and directs, in collaboration with 
partners, technical and programmatic activities to eradicate or 
eliminate/control targeted VPDS; (2) participates in developing and 
implements improvements to immunization services, surveillance, 
monitoring, evaluation, and data management program elements for 
targeted diseases; (3) manages teams that coordinate regional 
activities and provide guidance and support to the Vaccine Preventable 
Disease Eradication and Elimination Branch (VPDEEB) staff assigned in 
the European Region, Eastern Mediterranean Region, African Region, 
South East Asia Region, and Western Pacific Region WHO regions; (4) 
participates in multilateral collaborations with an extensive array of 
CDC and external partners engaged in VPD eradication and elimination 
including: participating countries, other CDC organizations, other U.S. 
Government organizations, international organizations including WHO, 
the United Nations Foundation, UNICEF, and the World Bank; 
nongovernmental, private sector organizations and vaccine producers, 
and international advisory committees; (5) provides subject-matter 
expertise, short- and long-term consultations, and coordinates 
epidemiology, surveillance, and laboratory activities for programs to 
eradicate and eliminate VPDs; (6) participates in operation research, 
monitoring and evaluation projects and studies to improve VPD 
eradication and control programs and prepares articles based on 
findings for publication in international professional journals and 
presentation at international conferences; (7) assists with outbreak 
investigations and emergency response activities; (8) provides 
technical management for grants and cooperatives agreements for vaccine 
procurement and for provision of technical, programmatic, and 
laboratory support.
    Strengthening Immunization Systems Branch (CWKC). (1) Develops and 
brings to routine operational level, in collaboration with partners, 
programs to deliver established, newly available, or under-utilized 
vaccines for diseases of global importance; (2) assesses the impact of 
immunization service delivery through surveillance, monitoring of 
vaccine coverage, and operations research; (3) develops, evaluates, and 
recommends improvements to strengthen routine immunization programs, 
including those related to laboratory-based and integrated surveillance 
systems; immunization coverage, economic evaluations and post-
introduction evaluations; (4) provides subject-matter expertise and 
short- and long-term consultations; (5) participates in multilateral 
collaborations with an extensive array of CDC and external partners 
engaged in delivery of routine services, surveillance, and coverage 
monitoring of VPDs including: participating countries, other CDC 
organizations, other U.S. Government organizations, international 
organizations including WHO, the United Nations Foundation, UNICEF, and 
the World Bank; non-governmental, private sector organizations and 
vaccine producers, and international advisory committees; (6) assists 
partner countries to build capacity in the areas of service delivery, 
surveillance, health information systems, data management, laboratory 
services and surveillance, and decision-making to achieve effective, 
efficient, and sustainable immunization programs; (7) manages and 
provides guidance and support for the GID PAHO team that coordinates 
PAHO regional activities; (8) evaluates, in collaboration with 
partners, projects that integrate non-vaccine interventions with 
routine immunization programs; (9) designs and participates in 
research, monitoring and evaluation projects and studies to improve 
existing and newly developing VPD control and eradication programs and 
prepares articles based on findings for publication in international 
professional journals and presentation at international conferences; 
(10) assists with outbreak investigations and emergency response 
activities.
    Delete in its entirety the functional statements for the Global 
Immunization Division (CVGC) within the National Center for 
Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (CVG).

    Dated: August 3, 2011.
Carlton Duncan,
Acting Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2011-20355 Filed 8-11-11; 8:45 am]
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