[Federal Register: October 2, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 190)]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

 
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

    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., October 24, 2007; 8 a.m.-5 p.m., 
October 25, 2007
    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 
Influenza Vaccines; Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine; Childhood and 
Adolescent Immunization Schedule--2007; Immunization Schedule for 
HIV-Infected Adults; Pediatric Use of Pneumococcal Vaccines; Updates 
on Combination Vaccines, Vaccine Supply and Hepatitis B Vaccine; 
Immunization Safety Office; HPV Vaccines; Rotavirus Vaccine; and 
departmental updates. There may be possible VFC voting on the 
Influenza and Meningococcal Vaccines.
    Agenda items are subject to change as priorities dictate.
    Contact Person for More Information: Tonica Gleaton, 
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 the Agency for Toxic Substance and 
Disease Registry.

    Dated: September 26, 2007.
Elaine L. Baker,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention.
 [FR Doc. E7-19393 Filed 10-1-07; 8:45 am]

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