[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 27 (Wednesday, February 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 6374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2900]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


National Vaccine Advisory Committee, Subcommittee on Future 
Vaccines, Subcommittee on Immunization Coverage, and Subcommittee on 
Vaccine Safety and Communication Meetings

    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 Federal advisory committee 
meetings.

    Name: National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC).
    Times and Dates: 9 a.m.-2:45 p.m., February 28, 2000.
    8:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m., February 29, 2000.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 505A, 200 Independence 
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
    Notice: In the interest of security, the Department has 
instituted stringent procedures for entrance to the Hubert H. 
Humphrey Building by non-government employees. Thus, persons without 
a government identification card should plan to arrive at the 
building each day either between 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. 
and 1 p.m. Entrance to the meeting at other times during the day 
cannot be assured.
    Purpose: This committee advises and makes recommendations to the 
Director of the National Vaccine Program on matters related to the 
Program responsibilities.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include: an update on 
the National Vaccine Program Office (NVPO) activities; an update on 
Unmet Needs Funding; an update on Pandemic Planning; Global Plan of 
Action for Laboratory Containment of Poliovirus; an update on Polio 
Eradication; Global Vaccines--White House Initiatives; Emerging 
Issues in Vaccine Safety; Vaccine Safety and Communication 
Subcommittee Report; Immunization Coverage Subcommittee Report; 
Future Vaccines Subcommittee Report; update from the Office of the 
Assistant Secretary for Health and Surgeon General; Healthy People 
2010-Update on Vaccines; Annual Report on the Vaccine Injury 
Compensation Program; ACIP Annual Report; Budget Status on 317, 
CBER, Pandemic Influenza and Vaccine Safety Implementation Plan; and 
an update on Immunization Registries.

    Name: Subcommittee on Future Vaccines.
    Time and Date: 2:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m., February 28, 2000.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 305A, 200 Independence 
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
    Purpose: This subcommittee develops policy options and guides 
national activities that lead to accelerated development, licensure, 
and the best use of new vaccines in the simplest possible 
immunization schedules.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include discussions 
on the Institute of Medicine Report ``Vaccines for the 21st 
Century''; CMV Workshop planning; Vaccines for special populations; 
and Vaccines for chronic diseases.

    Name: Subcommittee on Immunization Coverage.
    Time and Date: 2:45 p.m.-5 p.m., February 28, 2000.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 505A, 200 Independence 
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
    Purpose: This subcommittee will identify and propose solutions 
that provide a multifaceted and holistic approach to reducing 
barriers that result in low immunization coverage for children.
    Matters to be Discussed: Agenda items will include updates on 
the Working Group on Adult Immunization Standards; the 
implementation of NVAC's recommendations on Adult Immunization; the 
process for Strategies to Sustain Success paper; discussions of 
Philosophical Exemptions; and discussions on Adolescent 
Immunization.

    Name: Subcommittee on Vaccine Safety and Communication.
    Time and Date: 2:45 p.m.-5 p.m., February 28, 2000.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 325A, 200 Independence 
Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20201.
    Status: Open to the public, limited only by the space available.
    Purpose: This subcommittee reviews issues relevant to vaccine 
safety and adverse reactions to vaccines.
    Matters to be Discussed: Plans for NVAC Workshop on Risk 
Communication; Plans for a Workshop on Surveillance for Rare Events; 
update on Pediatric Standards of Immunization; update on Rotavirus 
Vaccine.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Gloria Sagar, Committee Management Specialist, 
NVPO, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE, M/S D-66, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, 
telephone 404/687-6672.
    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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency 
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: February 2, 2000.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
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