Vaccine News Archive
May 7 - Federal investment helps bring vaccine manufacturing facility to Saskatoon
May 7 - Toronto Public Health warns of measles risk on 2 flights, hospital ward
April 24 - BC scientist one step closer to developing syphilis vaccine
April 23 - Government of Canada invests in projects to improve vaccination rates in Canada
April 13 - Immunization made us healthy. Vigilance can keep us healthy.
March 27 - Improved vaccine hopes to protect the public from Hepatitis B
March 22 - Tuberculosis in Canada: Over 1,700 people diagnosed in 2016
March 20 - Shingles is Nasty, And The New Vaccine Works Well. Why Do Adults Avoid Shots?
March 19 - Pregnant women should get vaccinated, say doctors
March 19 - Manitoba school boards vote against push to have all school children vaccinated
March 7 - New vaccine targets pneumonia, blood poisoning, meningitis among children in Canada’s North
January 1 - ‘This is a game-changer’: New shingles vaccine dramatically improves protection
December 15 - Flu season could be ‘serious’ according to health officials
December 4 - Nationwide vaccine shortages could cause trouble for travellers
November 28 - Safety update of HPV Vaccines
November 8 - Edmonton student diagnosed with diphtheria, city’s first case in a decade
November 2 - Fewer flu shot clinics in Winnipeg this year, but uptake remains steady: health authority
October 28 - Scientists aim to eradicate pneumonia with better vaccine
October 16 - UBC researchers pull paper linking vaccine component to autism after data alleged to be manipulated
October 13 - SHINGRIX approved in Canada as the first non-live adjuvanted vaccine to help protect against shingles
October 13 - Needling continues over who should give flu shots
October 25 - Manitobans encouraged by health officials to get free flu shots
October 13 - Vaccine being developed to help fight cocaine addiction
October 10 - Free flu shots now available to Islanders
September 5 - Manitoba introduces new flu vaccine for personal care home residents
August 29 - Why Some Parents Are Scared of Vaccines
Jyly 19 - Health regions rationing yellow fever vaccines due to shortage
Jyly 12 - Measles alert: Vaccinate your kids before heading to Europe as outbreak spreads
July 7 - Rabies outbreak prompts vaccine air drop in Eastern Ontario
July 6 - No vaccines, no public school: is it time for Canada to emulate France?
June 30 - Recommendations for the use of rotavirus vaccines in infants
June 28 - Childhood National Immunization Coverage Survey
June 20 - High Cholesterol Vaccine: Clinical Trial on Humans Begins after Successful Tests on Mice
June 15 - Canada’s 8 component vaccine safety system: A primer for health care workers
June 12 - Canada pledges $75 million (US) as world aims to eradicate polio
June 7 - Alberta Health Services declares whooping cough outbreak in southern Alberta
June 5 - Canadian Immunization Research Network Receives $ 10M From Government of Canada
May 26 - Why Lunenburg County residents want to 'up the priority' on a Lyme disease vaccine
May 23 - Measles revival reminds business travellers to stay on top of their immunizations
May 19 - Canada ranks well in global health care access study, but room for improvement
May 16 - The doctor is out: How proposed MCP change could affect your flu shot
May 15 - Canadian-developed Ebola vaccine ready if needed for new outbreak in Africa
May 13 - How to improve Canada’s vaccination rate
May 11 - Ottawa among the sites that will test Ebola vaccine in HIV-positive people
May 8 - Now, more than ever, we need a national vaccination plan
May 8 - Alberta Health Services staff fall short of flu vaccination targets...again
May 8 - Measles case at Burnside jail leads to vaccination of inmates, staff
May 5 - About 200 cases of whooping cough reported in Prince Albert health region
May 5 - Get vaccinated, health region says in response to whooping cough outbreak in Prince Albert
May 4 - Boys too: HPV vaccination to be offered to all N.L. students in Grade 6
April 28 - 2 Canadians win Gairdner Awards for contributions to medical science
April 27 - Time to finish the job of eradicating polio
April 25 - UNICEF reaches almost half of the world’s children with life-saving vaccines
April 24 - African countries chosen to test 1st malaria vaccine
April 24 - National Immunization Awareness Week Celebrates Success in Disease Prevention
April 18 - Edmonton Catholic school board wants mandatory vaccinations for all Alberta students
April 13 - WHO and partners provide vaccines to control meningitis C in Nigeria
April 12 - Why Vaccine Skeptics Respond Better to Information Than Shaming
April 10 - Flu shots will be free on P.E.I. next year
March 29 - Measles outbreak in Nova Scotia: what you need to know
March 28 - Canada needs to help with polio eradication
March 28 - Toronto Public Health confirms 21 new cases of mumps
March 28 - Mumps outbreak expanded to entire Edmonton area
March 28 - Three cases of mumps confirmed at Ryerson University
March 24 - Mumps: Canada, the virus and the vaccine and why the comeback
March 23 - Sask. expands HPV vaccine program to include boys
March 22 - One for all, all for one
March 20 - Zika virus could affect Canadians travelling south this winter
March 20 - Canadian scientists discover hepatitis drug slashes Ebola death rate in possible breakthrough
March 18 - Nanoscience discovery leads to quick virus detection and vaccine
March 16 - Deadly history of vaccines highlights how important they are, says author
March 16 - One mumps case confirmed in Ottawa, but no details released
March 16 - Canadian researchers join international fight against Zika
March 13 - Mumps occurring in Hamilton, public health officials confirm
March 13 - 8 new Alberta mumps cases brings this year’s total to 38
March 13 - There are now 37 confirmed cases of mumps in the city: Toronto Public Health
March 13 - Medicine Hat mumps outbreak spreads from Tigers hockey team to broader community
March 12 - More HPV Pathology with Single-Dose Vaccine
March 10 - Saskatoon researchers could be 'a few years' away from Zika vaccine
March 10 - More mumps in Manitoba: 8 cases confirmed in the last week
March 10 - Meredith Wadman’s The Vaccine Race, reviewed: Calling the shots
March 8 - 4,000 elementary students face suspension over vaccine records
March 7 - Biodefense: Canada develops novel live virus smallpox vaccine from horsepox
March 7 - I’m vaccinated but I still got the mumps? Answering 7 common questions about mumps
March 6 - Nunavut promotes vaccinations as protection against mumps
March 6 - Zika in travellers more common, severe than thought
March 4 - Measles may have been spread on cross-Canada West Jet flight
March 3 - 10 days, 8 more cases: Manitoba mumps outbreak continues to spread
March 2 - Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer on mumps outbreaks
February 28 - Sask. health officials brace for mumps
February 28 - Nunavummiut urged to get measles and mumps vaccine before travelling
February 27 - Booster shots for Vancouver Canucks team stricken by mumps
February 27 - Anatomy of a mumps outbreak: Expert advice and all you need to know
February 25 - Public health officials warn Canadians to update vaccines after mumps outbreak strikes in Toronto
February 24 - 17 people now infected amid mumps outbreak, Toronto Public Health confirms
February 22 - Region to scale back travel-related vaccinations
February 21 - Why these 2 small towns in southern Alberta have vastly different vaccination rates
February 20 - Two Malaria vaccines achieve success in early trials
February 19 - A 'no-brainer': N.B. medical community welcomes HPV vaccine for boys
February 18 - Pediatric infectious disease conference highlights vaccination wariness
February 17 - Going The Extra Mile To Vaccinate Children Trapped By Conflict
February 14 - Dr. Marla Shapiro talks shingles vaccine in Brockville
February 14 - Love drug: Canadian researchers are working on a syphilis vaccine
February 14 - Three cases of measles confirmed in Halifax for first time in 9 years
February 13 - Flu spreads across 40 states
February 10 - High-dose flu vaccine for seniors would save lives, says advocacy group
February 9 - Flu vaccine effectiveness 'decent' at 42% this season in Canada, researchers say
February 6 - Algoma Public Health says hepatitis C cases on the rise
February 3 - ‘We should be modelling the way’: flu vaccination rate for SHR providers
February 3 - Ottawa doctor releases sci-fi comic to teach kids about immune system
January 30 - Yellow fever in Brazil sickens more than 100
January 26 - Flu death toll in Alberta reaches 34
January 24 - Montreal children's clinics stop vaccinating kids over fee dispute
January 24 - Ottawa comic book aims to get children vaccinated
January 20 - P.E.I. not ready to fund Fluzone, top doc says
January 19 - Why this flu season seems so much worse than last year's
January 11 - Manitoba doctor pushes for vaccinations amid whooping cough outbreak
January 11 - Unvaccinated infants impacted by whooping cough outbreak in southern Manitoba
January 10 - Trump taps vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to launch review
January 9 - We are one step closer to a vaccine against a dangerous virus
January 9 - Flu vaccination rate for Alberta health-care workers below target
January 7 - Seniors press B.C. government to cover cost of shingles vaccine
January 6 - HPV vaccine will be made available for boys in B.C.
January 4 - GTA emergency rooms dealing with 'record' number of patients
December 30 - Pharmacists help with flu shots in Sask. — but at an added cost
December 29 - Flu season arrives early, slams clinics over holidays
December 29 - Shingles Vaccine Free for Ontario Seniors
December 22 - A mobile app aims to get more kids vaccinated
December 22 - 'Phenomenal news': Large clinical trial confirms Ebola vaccine is highly effective
December 19 - The lowest vaccination rates in the city
December 14 - Canada's top doctor Gregory Taylor retiring
December 14 - Bioterrorism threats: Anthrax vaccine contract, botulism antitoxin approval in Canada
December 13 - Influenza season well underway, set to be the Grinch that steals Christmas: doctors
December 4 - New study shows no link between autism, flu vaccines for pregnant women
December 3 - Ottawa discusses a national drug plan and a large HIV vaccine trial gets underway: CBC's Health Newsletter
December 2 - $15-million donation funds immunization clinic at B.C. Children's Hospital
December 2 - Pangnirtung latest Nunavut community with confirmed whooping cough case
December 1 - Western University-developed HIV vaccine ready for human trials
December 1 - Calgary records province's first flu-related death: Alberta Health Services
December 1 - Pharmacists to Provide Travel Vaccinations to Ontario Patients
November 30 - Whooping cough 'cluster' in Surrey school prompts vaccinations
November 26 - Canadian researchers closer to making universal flu vaccine reality
November 25 - Flu hits Yukon early and hard, with more than 70 cases so far
November 23 - Flu Clinics Attendance Appears Lower
November 21 - GSK files regulatory submission of candidate vaccine for prevention of shingles in Canada
November 21 - Sanofi stopping producing bladder cancer vaccine could prompt 'severe shortage'
November 18 - World's 1st malaria vaccine to start pilot studies in Africa
November 15 - Vaccination rates too low for 'herd immunity' in most Vancouver-area schools, study finds
November 10 - 'Making measles history is not mission impossible,' UNICEF declares
November 7 - Alberta introduces new bill to increase vaccination rates for children
November 2 - Alberta now offering pregnant women in central zone whooping cough vaccine
October 31 - Sask. flu shot to cover 4 strains this season
October 26 - Flu strain stronger, earlier this year, warns B.C. Centre for Disease Control
October 26 - Health Canada advises on increased risk of hemolysis with serogroup B meningococcal vaccination
October 20 - Lack of herd immunity could cause mumps to spread, says province
October 20 - Costco customer upset after company refuses promised hep A booster shot
October 19 - Mouth, throat cancers caused by HPV on the rise, especially among Canadian men
October 18 - Canadians to test Ebola vaccine this fall
October 18 - The End Of Polio Is In Sight
October 18 - 'Horribly sick kids:' Arctic regions have highest infant lung infection rates in world
October 12 - Lifelong flu vaccine moves closer with Canadian research
October 12 - Flu Shot 2016 Update: High-Dose Influenza Vaccine Provides Better Outcomes Than Standard Shot
October 11 - Alberta influenza numbers up but vaccine weeks away
September 30 - Polio-like virus resurfaces in Canada after one-year hiatus
September 30 - Region of the Americas becomes first in world to eradicate measles
September 19 - GSK cuts vaccine price for refugees, bowing to pressure
September 15 - Ontario Making Shingles Vaccine Free for Seniors
September 6 - Canadians stepped up to help lead fight against Ebola
September 5 - Nova Scotia investigating hepatitis A breakout in Halifax-area child care centres
September 5 - Hepatitis A cluster connected to 2 Halifax-area child care centres
September 4 - Health officials investigating 3 measles cases in Ottawa, Lanark County
August 29 - A decade on, vaccine has halved cervical cancer rate
August 23 - New images show the devastating brain defects Zika is causing in babies’ brains
August 10 - 2,800 local (Waterloo) kids skipping required vaccines
August 9 - Nunavut, Health Canada, step up whooping cough vaccination efforts
August 8 - Flu shot jabs higher when pharmacists give vaccines: Canadian study
August 2 - BC doctor helps Rio athletes avoid zika
August 2 - U of G researcher receives $2 million federal grant to study drug-resistant microbes
July 26 - West Nile virus still a threat in Quebec
July 24 - McMaster researchers take steps towards developing chlamydia vaccine
July 20 - Quebec-made vaccine against zika ready for testing on humans
July 18 - N.B. to increase rabies vaccinations
July 16 - First widely protective vaccine against Chlamydia
July 12 - HIV prevention pill could save health care dollars
July 7 - Alberta study shows HPV vaccine is 'very effective'
July 6 - Rabies vaccine expansion aims to protect St. John River Valley
July 5 - Seven confirmed cases of Zika virus in pregnant women in Canada — but true number may be much higher
June 28 - Ontario expands HPV vaccine program to gay, bisexual men
June 17 - Rotavirus vaccines led to big drops in hospitalizations in Ontario: study
June 16 - Dengue in the Americas
June 15 - Vaccine will spell the end of cervical cancer, experts predict
June 15 - Yellow Fever in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo
June 14 - 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
June 14 - We Finally Know Why Some Canadians Still Refuse To Vaccinate
June 3 - Mumps outbreak In Whistler, B.C. spreads to Metro Vancouver
May 26 - Flu shot not popular in Manitoba, survey says 3rd lowest in Canada
May 25 - Cancer vaccine breakthrough could fight all types of the disease
May 23 - New strategy could yield more precise seasonal flu vaccine
May 20 - Research behind global switch to new polio vaccine strategy released
May 17 - Lyme disease increase alarms Canada's top doctor
May 16 - HIV vaccine design should adapt as HIV mutates
May 12 - Fighting hospital germs with sugar
May 10 - Zika virus detection broadens to urine test
May 9 - Canada to host Global Fund Replenishment Conference to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria
May 4 - Ottawa high school student presents cancer-fighting vaccine at national science fair
May 3 - HPV vaccination rates for boys in Nova Scotia climbing, province says
April 25 - Vaccination rates 'nowhere near' levels needed for protection: Immunize Canada
April 25 - Zika case confirmed in Ontario, may be sexually transmitted
April 22 - Immunization mobile app to offer new features to help protect Canadians from infectious diseases
April 21 - Ontario extending free HPV vaccines to boys
April 18 - Costco to provide free Hep A vaccination clinics after frozen berry recall
April 15 - Zika virus and Guillain-Barré syndrome linked in new CDC study
April 15 - WHO approves World’s First-Ever Dengue Vaccine
April 15 - Two confirmed cases of Zika virus in Manitoba
April 11 - For polio vaccines, a worldwide switch to new version
April 11 - Zika's potential to spread in U.S. 'scarier than we initially thought:' CDC
April 4 - Sanofi's Philippine effort marks first public campaign for dengue vaccine Dengvaxia
April 4 - Grown-ups need vaccines too
March 30 - Ontario to resume vaccine plan to stop rabies outbreak in Hamilton
March 29 - More than 100 in Edmonton exposed to measles at Stollery Children's Hospital
March 29 - WHO calls for more oversight in wake of China vaccine arrests
March 27 - Health authorities offering free chicken pox booster shots
March 24 - Possible Zika virus case in Saskatchewan may have been sexually transmitted
March 22 - Angola grapples with worst yellow fever outbreak in 30 years
March 21 - CPhA Welcomes Investments to Improve Health of Canadians in Budget 2016
March 16 - Small U.S. study inspires ‘great confidence’ for dengue vaccine
March 15 - Findings of First Major Typhoid Surveillance Study in Africa Published
March 11 - Passengers on Air China flight 991 to Vancouver at risk of measles
March 8 - Journal permanently spikes Canadian co-authored study critical of HPV vaccine
March 3 - Montreal flu season spikes at 1,200 reported cases in 1 week
March 2 - Rexall Health Chain To Be Sold In $3 Billion Deal With McKesson
March 1 - Nunavut's flu season begins as 1st lab-confirmed cases reported
February 29 - Ontario's pharmacists react to the 2016 budget
February 29 - February flu spike in Waterloo region
February 25 - Ouchless measles vaccine could save lives
February 24 - Health officials confirm case of measles in Brampton, Ont.
February 24 - High-Dose Influenza Vaccine Recognized as a New Option with Demonstrated Superior Efficacy* for Adults 65 Years and Older
February 22 - HPV cases drop since vaccinations started
February 18 - 3rd Yellowknife school has case of whooping cough
February 17 - Cancer Treatment: Vaccine using patient’s own cells could stop disease returning “Report”
February 15 - N.W.T.'s top doctor expects flu cases to peak in March
February 12 - Saskatoon health region says it's not too late to get flu shot
February 10 - Sainte-Justine, Montreal Children's hospitals swamped by flu cases
February 10 - Saskatoon Health Region encouraging people to get flu vaccine
February 9 - Fact or Fiction: Is there a link between microcephaly and vaccines?
February 9 - Bexsero vaccine booster effective for waning immunity
February 8 - Could Canadian mosquitoes transmit the Zika virus?
February 8 - Hawaii Island declares state of emergency over dengue fever outbreak
February 3 - Alberta Health Services declares whooping cough outbreak finished
February 2 - City on the brink of a flu epidemic: Toronto Public Health
January 29 - Zika virus confirmed among 4 Canadian travellers
January 29 - 1st case of Zika virus confirmed in Quebec
January 28 - Measles case prompts warning for Calgary area, WestJet flight to Vancouver
January 28 - Dr. James Aw: How Canada is doing its part to reduce the harm caused by non-communicable diseases
January 28 - Zika virus: Canadian-U.S. vaccine could be ready by year's end
January 28 - Zika virus: 6 things to know about the growing outbreak
January 28 - Zika: 3 Canadians infected as WHO warns virus is 'spreading explosively'
January 21 - Brazil strives for Zika virus vaccine
January 21 - Pfizer Canada congratulates the Ontario government for Immunization 2020 strategy
January 20 - Canada to fund polio elimination effort in Pakistan
January 20 - Nanoparticle to be studied as vaccine adjuvant and drug delivery vehicle
January 15 - Hepatitis A confirmed at Wetaskiwin Christmas dinner
January 15 - A to Zika: What you need to know about this spreading virus
January 14 - Five flu deaths prompt Alberta Health Services immunization warning
January 12 - Group B Strep vaccine for pregnant women found safe, effective in Phase 2 trial
January 11 - Hepatitis A outbreak in Dawson Creek, B.C.
January 10 - How the province scrambled to stop spread of raccoon rabies
January 8 - Possible measles exposure in Brampton, Mississauga, Peel public health warns
January 8 - Cholera vaccine supply set to double, easing global shortage
January 5 - Governments expand HPV vaccination programs for young men
January 4 - Sudbury firm developing new vaccine
December 23 - VALNEVA provides update on DUKORAL® vaccine in Canada
December 18 - Rabid raccoons trigger vaccine campaign in Ontario
December 18 - Janssen announces collaboration with Bavarian Nordic to develop vaccine for chronic Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infections
December 16 - Flu and gastroenteritis - Effective practices to prevent overcrowding in emergency rooms
December 11 - Ontario strengthening provincial immunization program: Actions include stronger requirements for school vaccine exemptions
December 10 - Rabies in Ontario - What should we do?
December 9 - Information Update - Gardasil vaccine safety studies show no new risks
December 3 - HPV vaccine for boys coming to Quebec
November 30 - Quebec whooping cough: 5 things to know
November 27 - Canadian doctors to provide Syrian refugees with much-needed health care
November 26 - Whooping cough outbreak reported by Saskatoon Health Region
November 25 - Victorian Order of Nurses Canada shuts operations in six provinces
November 24 - UBC microbiologists to use ‘reverse vaccinology’ to combat Johne's disease, bovine TB
November 23 - Public Health Ontario report highlights vaccine safety
November 23 - Annual Report on Vaccine Safety in Ontario, 2014
November 7 - Surge in whooping cough cases in southern Manitoba
October 29 - Medicago engaged by the Canadian Government to develop Ebola monoclonal antibodies
October 23 - World Polio Day: Fewer children than ever with polio
October 21 - Manitoba: HPV vaccine soon available to males
October 21 - Indigenous people more at risk of getting the flu
October 17 - Outbreak of whooping cough hits Moncton area, 31 cases confirmed
October 16 - Flu shots won't be mandatory for health-care workers in Alberta
October 15 - Alarming new research shows over half of canadians don't plan on getting their flu shot this year
October 13 - Pfizer touts Trumenba immunogenicity when administered with Menactra, Adacel
October 15 - Canadians enthusiastic users of pharmacy flu vaccinations, Neighbourhood Pharmacies research indicates
October 13 - Malaria vaccine provides hope for a general cure for cancer
October 1 - Four-strain influenza vaccine available this flu season in Public Health programs
September 30 - IPAC Canada statement on arbitration decision regarding Vaccinate or Mask (VOM) Policy
September 16 - Exemptions for Ontario kids not vaccinated for measles stays low
September 16 - Could a vaccine prevent cancer from spreading after surgery?
September 10 - Statement - Health innovation a priority for Ontario, notes national pharmaceutical association
August 18 - Vaccine hesitancy: A growing challenge for immunization programmes
July 31 - WHO-led study shows Canadian-made Ebola vaccine works
June 4 - Doctors lobby calls for mandatory choice vaccines
May 26 - The Canadian HIV Vaccine Initiative
May 1 - Government of Canada announces funding to enhance influenza vaccine research and development
NA - PHAC’s Statement on Update on Quadrivalent Meningococcal Vaccines available in Canada
March 2 - Acadia University's meningitis vaccine numbers released
February 19 - CPhA Statement on Immunization and Public Awareness
February 18 - Acadia University students line up for meningitis vaccinations
February 17 - Health Canada approves new, more potent HPV vaccine
February 13 - Acadia University to immunize students, staff against meningitis B
February 3 - Measles outbreak: Separating the fact from fiction
February 3 - Measles vaccination levels in Canada 'reasonably high'
January 22 - California health officials urge unvaccinated to avoid Disney parks
January 7 - Flu Is Hitting Canada Hard In 2015
January 6 - Ebola vaccine trials in Halifax so far a success, says IWK Health Centre
December 16 - NHL mumps outbreak: 7 big questions answered
December 3 - Photographer Anne Geddes tackles meningococcal disease in powerful exhibit (with video)
November 28 - Travel Health Notice: Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone
November 26 - New hybrid vehicle to improve delivery of DNA vaccines is under development
October 14 - Vaccines aren't just for kids
October 13 - Canadian Ebola Vaccine Trials Begin
October 7 - Canadians Widely Unaware Of How To Protect Against Travellers' Diarrhea Caused By An E. Coli Infection
May 26 - Canadian Medical Association Journal editorial calls for national vaccination strategy
May - NewMedscape Video for Healthcare Professionals about Adult Vaccination
March 20 - Government of Canada launches innovative mobile vaccine application
February 3 - Immunization for meningococcal serogroup B - What does the practitioner need to know?
January 10 - FluWatch Report
Past Events
June 2-5, 2018
Fredericton, NB
Registration is now open!
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May 29-30, 2018
Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, QC
The 2018 Public Health Vaccination Forum will bring together public health professionals working in vaccination to share the latest research, best practices and policies aimed at improving vaccination acceptance and uptake. The three-day forum will feature a variety of sessions generated through the call for submissions. The Forum will be held concurrently with Public Health 2018.
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May 28-31, 2018
Fairmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, QC
Public Health 2018 is the national forum where public health professionals, researchers, policy-makers, academics, students and trainees come together to strengthen efforts to improve health and well-being, to share the latest research and information, to promote best practices and to advocate for public health issues and policies grounded in research.
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May 2018
Worldwide
The natural world is a beautiful place, and not always the friendliest place around. Could be why we spent thousands of years making it so we didn't have to go outside. One such danger is Lyme Disease, and for those who spend time out in the wild (especially campers and hunters) it's a danger they face every time they get an unwanted passenger in the form of a tick. Lyme Disease Awareness Month reminds us to be vigilant, and to spread awareness to help save lives.
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May 7-13, 2018
Canada
National Nursing Week is May 7-13 and the theme is #YesThisIsNursing.
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May 18, 2018
Worldwide
This year marks the 20th anniversary of HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (HVAD). Advocates mark progress in the search for an AIDS vaccine each year on May 18.
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April 25, 2018
Worldwide
World Malaria Day is an occasion to highlight the need for continued investment and sustained political commitment for malaria prevention and control.
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April 24, 2018
Worldwide
The theme for World Meningitis Day 2018 is #AllMeningitisMatters. The campaign will focus on the different causes of meningitis and the vaccines that can help protect against certain strains of bacterial and viral meningitis.
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April 21-28, 2018
Canada
National Immunization Awareness Week (NIAW) is an annual event held in the last week of April to highlight and recognize the importance of immunization. Canada’s NIAW coincides with Vaccination Week in the Americas and World Immunization Week.
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March 24, 2018
Worldwide
World TB Day which is celebrated on March 24 each year, is an opportunity to raise awareness about the burden of tuberculosis (TB) worldwide and the status of TB prevention and care efforts.
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March 2018
Canada
Pharmacists are medication experts and so much more. Each March Pharmacist Awareness Month (PAM) helps to celebrate and educate Canadians about the contributions that pharmacists make in the delivery of health care.
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February 22, 2018
Worldwide
Encephalitis is an inflammation of the brain. It is caused either by an infection invading the brain or through the immune system attacking the brain in error. World Encephalitis Day is the global awareness day for people who have been affected by encephalitis.
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February 12 – 16, 2018
Canada
SRH Week is a promotional and social media campaign designed to help raise awareness around sexual and reproductive health and highlight resources developed to help improve community health.
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November 30th – December 1st 2017
Loews Coronado Bay Resort, San Diego
Join us in San Diego for a two- day congress focusing on vaccines industry and integrating technologies revolutionizing immunotherapy. Take advantage of the rich biotech and funding environment that the west coast offers.
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São Paulo, Brazil
November 1-3, 2017
The World Hepatitis Summit is a large-scale, global biennial event to advance the viral hepatitis agenda. It is a joint initiative between WHO and the World Hepatitis Alliance (WHA). Brazil has been chosen to partner and host the World Hepatitis Summit 2017, in recognition of the country’s ongoing national initiatives and consistent international leadership in the area of viral hepatitis.
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Ottawa, Ontario
October 29-31, 2017
Every year, more than 600 people from more than 30 countries gather in Canada for the Canadian Conference on Global Health (CCGH). Practitioners, researchers, educators, students, policy makers and community mobilizers come to share their knowledge and experience and find new ways to work together.
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Canada
October 1 – 7, 2017
HPV Prevention Week is designed to bring Canadians together to engage in a series of events and initiatives to increase awareness of an infection that is estimated to affect as many as 75% of sexually active men and women in their lifetime. The human papilloma virus causes genital warts, but persistent disease can cause 6 different types of cancer: Oropharyngeal, Penile, Anal, Vaginal, Cervical, and Vulvar.
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September 28th, 2017
World Rabies Day is the first and only global day of action and awareness for rabies prevention. It is an opportunity to unite as a community and for individuals, NGOs and governments to connect and share their work.
Created and coordinated annually by GARC, World Rabies Day, September 28th, focuses on rabies endemic countries, to increase community awareness of the disease and its prevention. World Rabies Day also raises the profile of national and local control programmes and acts as a springboard for year-round capacity building and awareness.
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September 4-8, 2017
IVI Headquarters
Seoul, South Korea
The five-day course provides a comprehensive overview of vaccinology with a focus on practicality. Beginning with a refresher in epidemiology and immunology, the course moves through the vaccine development spectrum from applied topics in discovery to development to delivery.
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July 28th, 2017
The Canadian Society for International Health (CSIH) is thrilled to inform you that we will be having the sixth annual World Hepatitis Day (WHD) Campaign in Canada with an overarching goal to promote testing, prevention, treatment and linkage to care for Canadians affected by hepatitis B and C. This year’s social media campaign hashtags include: #WHDCanada2017 #LightsUp4Hep #NOhep #WHD2017.
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June 18 – 20, 2017
Charlottetown, PEI
IPAC Canada is a multidisciplinary member-based association committed to public wellness and safety by advocating for best practices in infection prevention and control in all settings.
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June 6-8, 2017
Halifax, NS
Public Health 2017 is the national forum where public health professionals, researchers, policy-makers, academics, students and trainees come together to strengthen efforts to improve health and well-being, to share the latest research and information, to promote best practices and to advocate for public health issues and policies grounded in research.
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June 2-5, 2017
Quebec, QC
Join us June 2-5, 2017, as we celebrate 400 years of pharmacy in Canada, with the anniversary of Louis Hebert, our first pharmacist, settling in Quebec City in 1617.
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May 10, 2017
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Montreal, QC
Goal: To improve knowledge of Canadian vaccine accomplishments while supporting investments for vaccine research and development. Session topics include: emerging disease vaccines, cancer vaccines, global health vaccines: parasites and TB, vaccine technologies. There will also be a panel discussion on funding of vaccine research and development in Canada.
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April 20-21, 2017
Winnipeg, Manitoba
We are very pleased to offer the Manitoba 14th Annual Travel Health Conference, with an overview in travel medicine, immunizations and infectious diseases, as well as the most current information on Canadian travel health & immunization guidelines.
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April 20-22, 2017
Montreal, QC
The Canadian Respiratory Conference (CRC) is the premier national educational and scientific meeting for the Canadian respiratory community.
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April 20-22, 2017
Toronto, ON
The theme of the 2017 ASM is “Integrating Care, Making an Impact”.
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April 10-12, 2017
Grand Hyatt, Washington DC, United States
Research, development and strategic partnering for the global vaccine industry.
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March 2017
Canada
March 2017 is Pharmacy Awareness Month (PAM). During this time, pharmacists promote their role to other health care professionals and patients within hospitals and related health care settings.
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December 6-8, 2016
Ottawa, Ontario, CA
CIC 2016 will bring together non-governmental organizations, vaccine manufacturers, provincial and territorial immunization policy and program planners, as well as professionals from the many disciplines involved in the immunization field.
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December 5, 2016
Shaw Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, CA
CIC 2016 will bring together non-governmental organizations, vaccine manufacturers, provincial and territorial immunization policy and program planners, as well as professionals from the many disciplines involved in the immunization field.
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October 20, 2016
12:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. ET
This interactive 60 minute episode, intended for family physicians (accredited by CFPC) and pharmacists, will provide strategies and recommendations for managing your patient's travel medicine concerns. Viewers will have the opportunity to interact in real-time via text or chat with Dr. Vivien Brown and Michael Boivin who will answer your questions throughout the broadcast.
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October 10-12, 2016
Fairmont Rey Juan Carlos, Barcelona, Spain
Europe's leading conference and exhibition for the vaccine industry.
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October 6, 2016
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET
In this panel discussion moderated by Jia Hu (Public Health Physicians of Canada), Ak'Ingabe Guyon (Montreal Public Health), Sandra Allison (Chief Medical Officer of Health for Northern Health), and Michael Rachlis (health policy consultant) will each present on the public health systems where they have worked and share their thoughts on public health systems in the rest of Canada and how they could be improved.
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September 28, 2016
2016 marks the 10th World Rabies Day, a milestone in rabies prevention. Since it began, the rabies community have aligned to make World Rabies Day a global phenomenon. In that time, its life-saving rabies prevention messages have reached millions of people and in 2015 activities dedicated to the day took place in 58 different countries.
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September 17, 2016
Bell Center, Montreal, Quebec CA
The Global Citizen concert is happening on the day after Prime Minister Trudeau hosts the Global Fund Replenishment summit. The concert is being co-hosted by the Global Fund. The Global Fund was started in 2002 as a vision of former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. It’s hosted by the World Health Organization. It raises funds from governments, the private sector and civilians to help battle the spread of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.
With performances by: Usher, Half Moon Run, Grimes, Metric, and Charlotte Cardin. They’ll be joined by hosts Maripier Morin, Patrick Langlois, and George Stroumboulopoulos.
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September 16, 2016
Montreal, Quebec, CA
The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, announced that Canada will host the Fifth Replenishment Conference of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in Montréal, Québec, on 16 September 2016. This conference will bring global health leaders together to further mobilize efforts to end the epidemics of three of the world's most devastating diseases - AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria - by 2030.
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July 28, 2016
The theme for this year’s global campaign is ELIMINATION.
2016 is a pivotal year for viral hepatitis. At the World Health Assembly in May, WHO Member States are set to adopt the first ever Elimination Strategy for Viral Hepatitis, with ambitious targets and a goal to eliminate hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030. This will be the first time national governments sign up and commit to the goal of eliminating viral hepatitis.
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June 13-16, 2016
Toronto, Ontario, CA
Public Health 2016 is the meeting place for the public health community to connect, collaborate, innovate, inspire, share and learn. It is a gathering of leaders and change agents from public, private and voluntary organizations that contribute to health and wellness.
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June 9-11, 2016
Toronto, Ontario, CA
Engage. Inspire. Excel. Come celebrate OPA’s 50th anniversary! Additional information not yet available.
May 30 – June 1, 2016
St. John’s, NL, CA
The theme is Blueprint for Action: Making Connections. This conference brings together individuals who have an interest in Community Health Nursing from practice, research, administration, policy and education. It is a forum to explore issues of mutual concern as well as exchange knowledge, share evidence and ideas, and generate solutions. Our goal is Advancing Community Health Nursing in Canada.
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May 15-18, 2016
Niagara Falls, Ontario, CA
This conference will include half-day sessions pertaining to the prevention and control of infections in dentistry and dialysis settings, as well as sessions on practical ways to direct the ever-surging river of new scientific evidence into daily practice. New and revolutionary concepts are emerging that challenge previously held convictions and have the potential to lead to a turbulent waterfall of change in our fundamental perspectives and practices.
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April 9, 2016
Toronto, Ontario, CA
The Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) will host an education program focusing on the Immunization Competencies for Health Professionals, which were developed collaboratively with the Public Health Agency of Canada. This 1-day course was developed by and for professionals from many health disciplines. It will help health professional integrate the competencies into their practice setting, counsel patients and promote safe immunization practices. Participants will have the opportunity to review the core competencies that affect the everyday practice of front-line providers.
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March 29-31, 2016
Washington, DC
The 2016 16th Annual World Congress will be held in Washington, DC on March 29-31, 2016. It is the World’s largest vaccine congress for industry, government, public health and partners, bringing together government, big pharma, big biotech, SME biotech, academia and the wider service provider community and their partners to discuss the scientific, clinical and strategic advances and opportunities of the vaccine industry.
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December 8-9, 2015
Montréal, QC
(Available only in French)
Grand rendez-vous annuel de formation continue de la santé publique québécoise, les Journées annuelles de santé publique (JASP) sont le fruit d’un travail collectif du réseau de la santé publique. Motivée par les besoins de formation continue du réseau et de ses partenaires multisectoriels, la programmation des JASP repose sur la mise à jour de nouveaux enjeux et la valorisation des connaissances récentes sur des problématiques plus connues.
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November 5-6 2015
Vancouver, BC
CAIRE is very pleased to be collaborating with the UBC Department of Pediatrics, the Division of Infectious Diseases, and CFRI to host a Vaccinology Research Symposium on November 5th and 6th. This Symposium or Festschrift is in celebration of the more than 38 years that Dr. David Scheifele has dedicated to improving health through prevention of infections.
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October 18 – 20 2015
Quebec City, QC
This year’s conference will focus on “Solutions” in child health. CAPHC is privileged to welcome Dr. Michel Boivin as our 2015 Keynote Speaker. Dr. Boivin is the Canada Research Chair in Child Development, Professor of Psychology at the School of Psychology at Université Laval and is an international expert in Early Childhood Development. His Keynote Presentation entitled: “The Science of Early Childhood Development and the Challenges of Informing Public Policy”, will bring insight and solutions to current and emerging physical and mental health issues that challenge this vulnerable population.
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