The Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) is a national association of paediatricians. As a voluntary

professional association A professional association (also called a professional body, professional organization, or professional society) usually seeks to further a particular profession, the interests of individuals and organisations engaged in that profession, and t ...

, the CPS represents more than 3,000 paediatricians, paediatric subspecialists, paediatric residents, and other people who work with and care for children. The CPS is governed by an elected Board of Directors representing each province and territory.

Activities

The CPS is active in several major areas including professional education, advocacy, public education, surveillance and research. The organization is a partner of CANImmunize, a vaccine passport application developed with funding from the

Public Health Agency of Canada The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC; french: Agence de la santé publique du Canada, ASPC) is an agency of the Government of Canada that is responsible for public health, emergency preparedness and response, and infectious and chronic dis ...

IMPACT

The CPS administers the Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program, Active (IMPACT), a national surveillance system for

vaccine-preventable diseases A vaccine-preventable disease is an infectious disease for which an effective preventive vaccine exists. If a person acquires a vaccine-preventable disease and dies from it, the death is considered a vaccine-preventable death. The most common and ...

and

vaccine adverse event A vaccine adverse event (VAE), sometimes referred to as a vaccine injury, is an adverse event caused by vaccination. The World Health Organization (WHO) knows VAEs as Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI). AEFIs can be related to the vacci ...

s in 12 pediatric tertiary care centers across Canada. IMPACT is funded by the Centre for Immunization and Respiratory Infectious Diseases at the

, with additional funding for surveillance for rotavirus and invasive meningococcal disease provided by

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, Merck,

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and

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EPIC

The CPS developed the Education Program for Immunization Competencies (EPIC), designed to educate health care providers on how to provide information about vaccinations to their patients. During the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic, also known as the coronavirus pandemic, is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The novel virus was first identi ...

, information about COVID-19 vaccines was added to the curriculum. Funded by a $726,704 grant from the

's Immunization Partnership Fund, the CPS organized a workshop and online education module on

vaccine hesitancy Vaccine hesitancy is a delay in acceptance, or refusal, of vaccines despite the availability of vaccine services and supporting evidence. The term covers refusals to vaccinate, delaying vaccines, accepting vaccines but remaining uncertain abou ...

to increase uptake of COVID-19 vaccines.

References

{{authority control Medical associations based in Canada Organizations established in 1922

Activities

IMPACT

EPIC

See also

References