Statement of Task

The federal government issued "Disease Prevention through Vaccine Development and Immunization, The US National Vaccine Plan" in 1994. 

The Institute of Medicine will convene an ad hoc committee to review the 1994 National Vaccine Plan and then provide guidance on the development of the update to the National Vaccine Plan. This will be delineated in a letter report to the NVPO.

Next, the committee will hold workshops with national expert stakeholders in medicine, public health, and vaccinology to review a publicly available, draft update of the National Vaccine Plan. The committee will prepare a report with conclusions and recommendations about priority actions within the major components of the draft Plan. 

The 2008 Draft Strategic National Vaccine Plan is available on the Department of Health and Human Services  National Vaccine Program Office website (click here to view--by clicking this link you are leaving the IOM website and will be directed to the HHS website).   
 

Public Comments will be accepted through June 12, 2009.
To submit comments about setting priorities in the National Vaccine Plan, please send an email to vaccineplan@nas.edu. Please note: Any comments that you submit to the committee, including your name and identifying information, will not be kept confidential and will be included in a Public Access File, as the National Academy of Sciences complies with Section 15 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The National Academies shall be authorized to use any such comments or submissions in accordance with the National Academies Terms of Use Statement. 

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