[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 93 (Monday, May 14, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24383-24384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12003]


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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.-2:15 p.m., June 5, 2001.
    8:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m., June 6, 2001.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 800, 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: a report 
from the National Vaccine Program Office (NVPO) and the Interagency 
Vaccine Workgroup; a report from the Acting Assistant Secretary for 
Health; Pediatric and Adult Immunization Standards Action: Approval; 
discussions on Autism and Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR); Vaccine 
Safety and Communication Subcommittee report; Immunization Coverage 
Subcommittee report; Future Vaccines Subcommittee report; update on 
the Vaccine Supply Workgroup; an update on the Pandemic Plan; a 
report on the Polio Laboratory Containment Workgroup; reports from 
Advisory Commission on Childhood Vaccines/Division of Vaccine Injury 
Compensation, Vaccine Related Biological Products Advisory 
Committee/Food and Drug Administration, Advisory Committee on 
Immunization Practices/National Immunization Program/National Center 
for Infectious Diseases.

    Name: Subcommittee on Future Vaccines.
    Time and Date: 2:15 p.m.-5 p.m., June 5, 2001.
    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 plans for the 
September 5-6, meeting on rotavirus and intussusception; position 
paper based on the CMV Workshop; Stability of the vaccine supply--
where do new vaccines fit in; and a discussion of topic for 2002 
Workshop.

    Name: Subcommittee on Immunization Coverage.
    Time and Date: 2:15 p.m.-5 p.m., June 5, 2001.
    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 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 discussions 
on Immunization Among Prison Populations; A report on the 
Introduction of New Vaccines Workgroup; discussions on Influenza 
Supply Issues; an update on the Mandatory Immunization Guidelines 
Workgroup; discussion of Td/DTaP Supply Issues; an IOM Report: 
Calling the Shots; an update on Registry Issues and Unmet Needs 
Priority Setting.

    Name: Subcommittee on Vaccine Safety and Communication.
    Time and Date: 2 p.m.-5 p.m., June 5, 2001.
    Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 800, 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: Review of the agenda; review of 
National Infant Immunization Week; discussion on strengthening the 
vaccine supply; follow-up to the ``Workshop on Vaccine 
Communications''; review of the IOM report on MMR Vaccine and 
Autism, discussion of the process for suggesting and selecting 
immunization safety issues for review by the IOM in 2002; public 
comment on immunization safety issues for review in 2002; and 
committee discussion.
    Special Note: The Subcommittee on Vaccine Safety and 
Communications will provide a forum for input from the public 
regarding potential issues and topics for review in 2002 by the 
IOM's Immunization Safety Review Committee. This will be the first 
opportunity for the public to provide comments on the hypotheses 
that are being considered for future review.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Gloria Sagar, Committee 
Management Specialist, NVPO, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road,

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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: May 8, 2001.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
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