Alliance, 60 Partner Organizations Appeal to ACIP Ahead of December Meeting

Today, the Alliance for Aging Research sent a sign-on letter to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) which meets today and Friday, December 4-5.

The letter, led by the Alliance and signed by 60 partner organizations, recommends that:

• ACIP preserve clinician and parental choice by maintaining the universal birth dose and schedule for hepatitis B in both the standard and Vaccines for Children (VFC) program;
• Defer to the broader scientific community regarding the safety of vaccine adjuvants and other ingredients, and to refrain from recommendation votes on these topics.

The following organizations signed on:

AAPACN
Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP)|
Academy of Medicine of Cleveland & Northern Ohio (AMCNO)
AFT: Education, Healthcare, Public Services
AiArthritis
Aimed Alliance
Allergy & Asthma Network
Alliance for Aging Research
Alliance for Women’s Health and Prevention
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists
American Geriatrics Society
American Kidney Fund
American Psychological Association Services
American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science
Asian American Center of Frederick
Association of Departments of Family Medicine
Autoimmune Association
California Chronic Care Coalition
Caregiver Action Network
CaringKind
Chronic Care Policy Alliance
Chrohn’s & Colitis Foundation
Emergency Nurses Association
Families Fighting Flu
Generations United
Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association
Gerontological Society of America
Global Coalition on Aging
Global Healthy Living Foundation
HealthHIV
HealthyWomen
Illinois Public Health Association
Immunize Colorado
Infectious Diseases Society of America
Justice in Aging
NAPCRG
National Alliance for Caregiving
National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health
National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs (NANASP)
National Black Nurses Association, Inc.
National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
National Consumers League
National Health Law Program
National Hispanic Council on Aging
National Hispanic Health Foundation
National Kidney Foundation
Neuropathy Action Foundation
Nevada Chronic Care Collaborative
New Orleans Health Department
Nurses Who Vaccinate
Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD)
Partnership to Fight Infectious Diseases (PFID)
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner House Calls
RetireSafe
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
The Task Force for Global Health
Vasculitis Foundation
Village to Village Network
Voices for Vaccines

Read the full letter. Additionally, the Alliance submitted written comments ahead of the meeting, and was selected to deliver oral comments during the public comment time on Thursday.