[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 170 (Wednesday, September 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46796-46797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23666]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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: 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).
[[Page 46797]]
Times and Dates: 9 a.m.-2 p.m., September 28, 1998; 8 a.m.-12:30
p.m. September 29, 1998.
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 by either between 8 and 8:30 a.m. or 12:30 and 1 p.m.
so they can be escorted to the meeting. 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 updates on
the National Vaccine Program Office (NVPO) activities; a report from
the Division of Vaccine Injury Compensation; a discussion on the
impact of changes in Federal funding of vaccine programs, the Food
and Drug Administration, National Immunization Program and
Association of State and Territorial Health Officers; a report from
the Assistant Secretary for Health and Surgeon General; a discussion
on the current status of NIH efforts to develop a vaccine to prevent
AIDS; a report from the task force on community preventive services;
status of NVAC papers, strategies to sustain immunization coverage;
a report fostering non-traditional sites for promoting adult
immunization, and case studies of vaccine development; a discussion
on the progress in influenza pandemic preparedness; potential
utility of new influenza vaccines, blueprint strategy for
tuberculosis vaccine development; reports from the Immunization
Registries Workgroup, progress toward a strategic plan, Subcommittee
on Future Vaccines, Subcommittee on Immunization Coverage and
Subcommittee on Vaccine Safety; a discussion on future agenda items.
Name: Subcommittee on Future Vaccines.
Time and Date: 2 p.m.-5 p.m., September 28, 1998.
Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 703, 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
regarding ``Orphan Vaccines'' How can we expedite the development of
certain vaccines? Follow-up of discussion on indemnification for
phase 1 clinical trials.
Name: Subcommittee on Immunization Coverage.
Time and Date: 2 p.m.-5 p.m., September 28, 1998.
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 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 status of the Immunization Coverage paper, ``Strategies to
Sustain Immunization Coverage'', adult immunization at non-
traditional sites, and a discussion of adolescent frame work for
immunization.
Name: Subcommittee on Vaccine Safety.
Time and Date: 2 p.m.-5 p.m., September 28, 1998.
Place: Hubert H. Humphrey Building, Room 705A, 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: Agenda items include a discussion on
the review of the draft public health service vaccine safety action
plan.
Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
Contact Person for More Information: Felecia D. Pearson,
Committee Management Specialist, NVPO, CDC, 1600 Clifton Road, NE,
M/S A-11, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone 404/639-4450.
Dated: August 27, 1998.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 98-23666 Filed 9-1-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4163-18-P