• Welcome – NIHB
• Opening remarks from IHS - RADM Chris Buchanan, Deputy Director, IHS
• IHS Informational presentation - RADM Francis Frazier, Director, Office of Public Health Support, IHS
• Draft vaccine plan overview
• Summary of results from Tribal consultation and comments on the draft plan
• Timeline on finalizing the IHS vaccine plan
• Opening remarks from CDC
• CDC Informational presentation
• Questions and answers

Please note, we will provide updated information on the call, as information becomes available. 

Rear Adm. Chris Buchanan, an enrolled member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, is Deputy Director of the Indian Health Service (IHS). Rear Adm. Buchanan leads and oversees IHS operations to ensure delivery of quality comprehensive health services. He ensures that IHS provides for the full participation of Tribes in programs and services and helps to establish and track the goals and metrics through which the IHS U.S.-federal-government-operated, or “direct service,” health care program improves outcomes. Rear Adm. Buchanan ensures IHS services are integrated across all levels of the agency and engaged with other Operating Divisions of the Department of Health and Human Services and external partners, including states and national organizations.

Rear Adm. Francis Frazier is the Director for the Indian Health Service Office of Public Health Support (OPHS) at IHS Headquarters. As Director of OPHS, Rear Adm. Frazier leads the team that provides nationwide research and public health response activities for IHS. OPHS oversees disease epidemiology, prevention, and control activities for both infectious and chronic diseases. OPHS produces statistical information and publications on American Indian and Alaska Native health widely used by policymakers, journalists, and health administrators. Frazier is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.

• View the Webinar Recording from 9/25/20
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Presentation Vaccine Planning Webinar 9/25/20
• Indian Health Service (IHS) Presentation Vaccine Planning Webinar 9/25/20
• COVID-19 Vaccination Program Interim Playbook for Jurisdiction Operations
• Indian Health Service (IHS) COVID?19 Pandemic Vaccine Draft Plan

For questions or more information, please contact Carolyn Hornbuckle, Chief Operations Officer and Director of Policy at CHornbuckle@nihb.org.

National Indian Health Board Mission Statement

Established by the Tribes to advocate as the united voice of federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes, NIHB seeks to reinforce Tribal sovereignty, strengthen Tribal health systems, secure resources, and build capacity to achieve the highest level of health and well-being for our People.

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