This resource list contains references to Federal, State, and local government agencies as well as private organizations that offer information resources related to the immunization and infectious diseases objectives of HEALTHY PEOPLE 2000. Because many States have adopted their own year 2000 objectives, you may wish to contact your State health department for additional information.

Immunization and Infectious Diseases

LEAD AGENCY:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30333

National Immunization Program
Mailstop E05
(404)639-8200

National Center for Prevention Services
Mailstop E07
(404)639-8008

National Center for Infectious Diseases
Mailstop Cl2
(404)639-3945

YEAR 2000 OBJECTIVES

• Reduce vaccine-preventable diseases
• Reduce pneumonia and influenza deaths
• Reduce viral hepatitis
• Reduce tuberculosis
• Reduce surgical wound infections and nosocomial infections
• Reduce selected illnesses among international travelers
• Reduce bacterial meningitis
• Reduce infectious diarrhea among children
• Reduce acute middle ear infections among children
• Reduce pneumonia-related days of restricted activity
• Increase levels of immunization
• Reduce postexposure rabies treatments
• Expand immunization laws
• Increase immunization counseling and immunizations by primary care providers
• Improve financing and delivery of immunizations
• Increase provision of adult immunization by public health departments
• Increase tuberculosis identification by local health departments
• Increase the number of tuberculosis patients who completed course of preventive therapy
• Increase laboratories with technologies for rapid viral diagnosis of influenza

Federal and National Information Sources

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Public Health Service

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Public Inquiries
1600 Clifton Road, NE
Mailstop A23
Atlanta, GA 30333
(404)639-3534; (404)639-1537 FAX
Refers inquiries from the public and professionals to the appropriate area at CDC.

National Center for Infectious Diseases
1600 Clifton Road, NE
Mailstop C14
Atlanta, GA 30333
(404)639-2762; (404)639-3039 FAX
Focuses resources in five areas to prevent illness and death from infectious diseases: epidemic assistance; surveillance of infectious diseases, in collaboration with State and local health departments; epidemiologic and laboratory research; formulation, dissemination, and evaluation of prevention and control strategies; and training, health education, and consultation programs in cooperation with other CDC units and outside agencies and organizations. Focuses on programs in areas such as food- and water-borne diseases, diseases in child care and health care settings, diseases transmitted by animals and arthropods, drug-resistant diseases, and diseases in minority populations and immunodeficient persons.

National Immunization Program
1600 Clifton Road, NE
Mailstop E05
Atlanta, GA 30333
(404)639-8204; (404)639-8626 FAX
Provides national leadership for the planning, coordination, and conduct of Federal, State, and local immunization activities.

National Center for Prevention Services
1600 Clifton Road, NE
Mailstop E07
Atlanta, GA 30333
(404)639-8008; (404)639-8600 FAX
Plans, directs, and coordinates national programs of assistance involving preventive health services for human immunodeficiency virus infections, sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, and oral diseases and for preventing the introduction of diseases from other nations.

Food and Drug Administration
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
1401 Rockville Pike
Suite 2001 (HFM-11)
Rockville, MD 20852-1448
(301)594-1800; (301)594-1938 FAX
(301)594-1939 FAX-on-Demand System
Internet address: cberinfo@al.cber.fda.gov
Answers questions about biologic products, including vaccines and blood.

Health Resources and Services Administration
National Maternal and Child Health Clearinghouse
8201 Greensboro Drive, Suite 600
McLean, VA 22102-3810
(703)821-8955, ext. 254 or 265
(703)821-2098 FAX
Provides information on maternal and child health. Distributes directories of Federal programs and other organizations and topical resource guides; provides referrals to additional information agencies.

National Institutes of Health
National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
Box NDDIC
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
(301)654-3810
Disseminates information on digestive diseases, including hepatitis. Provides fact sheets and directories of professional and digestive disease organizations. Call for electronic product information.

National Institute on Aging
Public Information Office
Building 31, Room 5C27
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892
(301)496-1752; (301)496-1072 FAX
(800)227-2225 Publications
(800)438-4380 Alzheimer's Information Answers questions and distributes free pub-lications about the diseases of older people. Publishes a series of fact sheets, Age Pages, which address health concerns applicable to the elderly. Publications list available.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Office of Communications
9000 Rockville Pike
Building 31, Room 7A-50
Bethesda, MD 20892
(301)496-5717
Conducts and supports research on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases, including research on the immune system and its disorders, including AIDS. Answers inquiries and distributes consumer publications. Publications list available.

NATIONAL SOURCES

American Academy of Pediatrics
141 Northwest Point Boulevard
P.O. Box 927
Elk Grove Village, IL 60009-0927
(708)228-5005; (708)228-5097 FAX Promotes the health, safety, and well-being of infants, children, and young adults and educates pediatric health professionals.
Sponsors continuing education and works with government to advocate improved child health. Offers guidelines for childhood immunizations.

American College of Physicians
Independence Mall West
Sixth Street at Race
Philadelphia, PA 19106-1572
(800)523-1546; (215)351-2400
Publishes many practice guidelines and opinions, including Guide for Adult Immunization.

American Pharmaceutical Association
2215 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20037
(202)628-4410; (202)783-2351 FAX
Promotes quality health care and rational drug therapy, supports programs for quality assurance in drug products, and fosters professional education and training of pharmacists. Encourages the continued availability of vaccines to meet public health needs and supports the development of programs that educate the public about the role of immunizations.

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
415 Second Street, NE, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20002
(202)546-5400; (202)544-9349 FAX
Considers Federal and other policies that may affect the Nation's health. Current committees address

For General Information on HEALTHY PEOPLE 2000:

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
Office of Public Health and Science, Office of the Secretary,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Hubert H. Humphrey Building
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.,
Room 738G
Washington, DC 20201; (202)205-8611.

For Healthy People 2000 Publications:

Please write to ODPHP National Health Information Center,
P.O. Box 1133, Washington, DC 20013-1133.

Inclusion in this listing does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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