Access the latest immunization resources for health care professionals.
This information is intended for health care professionals. Learn more about vaccines and immunization.
As health care professionals, your patients look to you for trusted professional advice and guidance when it comes to understanding the role vaccines play in helping to manage their health. Public opinion research clearly indicates that your recommendation is the key factor in a patient's decision to get the vaccines that will strengthen their immune system.
This page has several tools to benefit your practice and assist you in informing your patients about the importance of these vaccines and will be updated as new resources become available.
This kit includes simple handouts to assist health care providers in communicating with patients about the importance of childhood vaccines.
Publicly Funded Immunization Schedules for Ontario will be updated to reflect pneumococcal vaccine program changes. In the interim please refer to the Pneumococcal Vaccine Program information and resources.
The Ministry of Health’s Publicly Funded Immunization Schedules for Ontario provides a list of vaccines and the recommended vaccine schedules.
Ontario's Immunization of School Pupils Act ( ISPA ) requires that children and adolescents attending primary or secondary school be appropriately immunized against designated diseases, unless they have a valid exemption.
All children attending school between ages 4 to 17 need to be immunized according to Ontario’s Immunization Schedule.
You can direct parents and guardians to the school immunization checklist to keep track of their child’s vaccines.
This Q & A is for health care providers and immunizers. It contains important information about recommendations for children previously immunized with Oral Polio Vaccine ( OPV ).
These fact sheets and questions and answers document are for health care providers. They contain important information and recommendations for the pneumococcal vaccine program product transitions.
| Document title | Description |
|---|---|
| Qs & As for Health Care Providers: Pneumococcal Vaccine Transition | Information for health care providers on the pneumococcal vaccine product transition |
| Health Care Provider Fact Sheet: Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccines for Children Aged 6 Weeks to 4 Years | Information for health care providers on pneumococcal vaccination for children aged 6 weeks to 4 years |
| Health Care Provider Fact Sheet: Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine for Individuals Aged 65 Years and Older | Information for health care providers on pneumococcal vaccination for individuals aged 65 years of age and older |
| Health Care Provider Fact Sheet: Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine for Individuals Aged 5 to 64 Years at High Risk for Invasive Pneumococcal Disease | Information for health care providers on pneumococcal vaccination for individuals aged 5 to 64 years of age at high risk for invasive pneumococcal disease |
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