2005 National Influenza Vaccine Summit

Co-sponsored by the AMA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

The 2005 National Influenza Vaccine Summit 
May 10-11, 2005
The Palmer House Hilton
Chicago, Illinois

Dr. Ray Strikas recently presented a summary of the Summit to the National Vaccine Advisory Committee on June 7th, 2005.  We have made his slides available but please recognize that the summary is by no means comprehensive and does not represent all the recommendations that came out of the 2005 Summit meeting

Strikas - The National Influenza Vaccine Summit: Update (PDF, 137KB)

Agenda  

Summit welcome and objectives; The NFID Collaboration

• Tan - National Influenza Vaccine Summit/National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID)collaborative proposal (PDF, 84KB)
• NFID proposal

Slide Presentations (PDF files, listed in the order of the agenda)

Theme 1: Lack of Knowledge, indifference, and/or frustration in the general public, priority persons, and health care professionals

• Nowak - Managing changing communications messages (PDF, 315KB)
• Schaffner - Managing different challenges facing immunization efforts in 2005-2006 (PDF, 75KB)
• Strikas - Driving increased vaccine uptake (extending the vaccination season) (PDF, 417KB)
• Farris - CMS Efforts on influenza vaccination (PDF, 191KB)

Theme 2: Stability of the Influenza Vaccine Supply

• Santoli - The 2004-2005 season, lessons learned (PDF, 1MB)
• Tate - The 2004-2005 season - success stories, the states' perspective (PDF, 174KB)
• Bennett - The 2004-2005 season - success stories, the local perspective (PDF, 129KB)
• Hosbach - Short-term and long-term needs for supply stability (PDF, 124KB)
• Harper - Universal Immunization, the ACIP perspective (PDF, 307KB)

Manufacturer Updates:

• Sanofipasteur Vaccines (PDF, 63KB)
• Chiron Vaccines (PDF, 88KB)
• MedImmune Vaccines (PDF, 1MB)
• GlaxoSmithKline (PDF, 173KB)

Theme 3: EnhancingCrisis Planning

• Vassallo - Communications/promotions - 2004 challenges and efforts with an eye for 2005 (PDF, 554KB)
• Schwartz - Avian influenza/pandemic preparedness (PDF, 1033KB)
• Fedson - Pandemic Vaccination: An International Perspective (PDF, 373KB)

Summary reports from the Breakout Groups will be available shortly!