Resolution No. 6/06-1                            


Vaccines Included in the VFC Program

VACCINES FOR CHILDREN PROGRAM

The purpose of this resolution is to update VFC resolution 2/06-1 pertaining to the vaccines included in the VFC program. This resolution does not make any substantive change to the previous resolution except the following:

1. Add Human Papillomavirus vaccines.

VFC resolution 2/06-1 is repealed and replaced by the following:

The ACIP proposes that vaccines to prevent the following diseases be included in the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program:

Diphtheria
Haemophilus influenzae type b
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Human Papillomavirus 
Influenza
Measles
Meningococcal
Mumps
Pertussis (whooping cough)
Pneumococcal
Poliomyelitis
Rotavirus
Rubella
Tetanus
Varicella

The ACIP includes in the Vaccines for Children program vaccines which are used to prevent the 16 diseases listed above; to be administered as provided in other VFC resolutions.

Adopted and Effective: June 29, 2006




http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/programs/vfc/downloads/resolutions/0606vaccines.txt