Public Health Surveillance

Infoway is re-launching the Public Health Surveillance Community (PHSC) to engage with stakeholders on Immunization Terminology. The first meeting is being held on Thursday, October 5, 2023 from 2-3:00 ET. Infoway is co-hosting the meeting with CANImmunize. The meeting agenda is available on the Forum through the link below: https://infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/resources/docs/pubhealth/meeting-information/phs-meeting-2023/4136-phsc-agenda-october-5-2023 Please note: there is a link in the agenda to register to attend the meeting.

Dear members of the Canadian Vaccine Catalogue (CVC) Working Group, We are pleased to inform you that CANImmunize has reached an agreement with the Public Health Agency of Canada to fund the CVC to resume regular operations. Operations include resuming a bi-weekly release schedule, supporting terminology development in collaboration with Canada Health Infoway, as well as holding a monthly working group meeting to discuss ongoing immunization terminology needs. We will begin bi-weekly releases with updates to vaccine product lot and expiry date data. Our next target release date for this is September 8, 2023. What’s next? The CVC Working Group will occur as part of Canada Health Infoway’s Public Health Surveillance (PHS) Community meetings. The next meeting will be held on October 5, 2023 from 2-3pm Eastern. Please note that you must register to attend. Details • Date: Thursday, October 5th, 2023 • Time: 2:00 – 3:00pm EST • Link to register: https://infoway-inforoute.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lf-GurD0rGN06HXAiZ9r4JhLNyU4E9Ndu If you know of other immunization stakeholders who would like to receive CVC updates and regular communications, they can .... Thank you for your support and patience. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the CANImmunize team at [email protected]. Thank you, The CANImmunize Team