[Federal Register: June 2, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 106)]
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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 of the aforementioned 
committee:

    Times and Dates: 8 a.m.-6 p.m., June 25, 2008. 8 a.m.-5 p.m., 
June 26, 2008.
    Place: CDC, Tom Harkin Global Communications Center, 1600 
Clifton Road, NE., Building 19, Kent ``Oz'' 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 
Rotavirus Vaccines; Combination Vaccines; MMRV Vaccine; Human 
Papillomavirus Vaccines; Pneumococcal Vaccines; Measles Outbreaks in 
the United States (2008); Adult Immunization Schedule; Anthrax 
Vaccine; Influenza Vaccines; Rabies Vaccine and Biologicals; Vaccine 
Supply; and Immunization Safety Update. There may be VFC voting on 
the Rotavirus, Combination and Human Papillomavirus 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., (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: May 27, 2008.
Elaine Baker,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E8-12234 Filed 5-30-08; 8:45 am]

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