CIDRAP News reports that the CDC will seek public input on plans for an A/H1N1 influenza vaccination drive later this year. CDC will hold ten “public engagement” meetings around the country to get citizen advice “on whether the vaccination program should be an all-out effort or something more modest,” according to Roger Bernier, PhD, MPH, senior advisor in the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. The CDC has scheduled a meeting in one city in each of the 10 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regions. Dates and locations for the all-day meetings include:

8 August: Denver, Colorado and Lincoln, Nebraska

15 August: Birmingham, Alabama, Sacramento, California and Vincennes, Indiana

22 August: El Paso, Texas, Bucks County (near Philadelphia), Pennsylvania, and New York City

29 August: Somerville, Massachusetts and Spokane, Washington.

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