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Media Advisory

For Immediate Release:
October 23, 2006

Contact:
CDC, Press Office
(404) 639-3286

Meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

WHAT: Meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
WHEN:

 October 25-26, 2006
WHERE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
Global Communications Center, Room 232

AGENDA:

Major topics of discussion will include:

Herpes Zoster (Shingles) Vaccine*
Rabies Vaccine*
Childhood/Adolescent Immunization Schedule*
Influenza Vaccine
*vote to be taken

Other topics that will be discussed include:

Vaccine financing - joint presentation by CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and the National Vaccine Advisory Committee
Immunization safety
HPV vaccine update
Mumps outbreak update
Vaccine supply update
Global Polio Eradication Initiative update

The full draft agenda can be found at
http://www.cdc.gov/nip/ACIP/agendas/agenda-oct06.pdf
REGISTRATION: To speed security clearance at CDC's Clifton Road campus, ACIP attendees (participants and visitors) should register online at http://www2.cdc.gov/nip/ACIP/october Registration.asp. Once registration is complete, you will receive a placard for your vehicle (parking tag) and instructions for navigating the secured CDC environment for attending the ACIP meeting.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


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