"Ontario's top doctor is calling for a national immunization schedule and registry to address gaps exposed by the resurgence of measles in Canada but first, he says his own province needs a centralized digital vaccine system. Dr. Kieran Moore's annual report, recently tabled with the provincial legislature, says a co-ordinated approach from all levels of government and the health-care system is needed to keep vaccine-preventable diseases at bay amid a rise in vaccine hesitancy."
"Each province and territory has its own immunization schedule and data system but for more than 20 years, health-care providers and public health experts have been advocating for a national vaccine registry. The Canadian Paediatric Society has also called for vaccine schedules to be harmonized across the country since 1997. In his report, Moore said Ontario is lagging behind other provinces who have modernized their vaccine records, including British Columbia, Quebec, Alberta, Manitoba and Nova Scotia."
Canada lacks a harmonized national immunization schedule and registry, while each province and territory maintains separate schedules and data systems. Ontario lacks a centralized digital vaccine system compared with provinces that modernized records, including British Columbia, Quebec, Alberta, Manitoba and Nova Scotia. The fragmented approach forces parents to keep records, obscures coverage gaps and inequities, and hinders outbreak response. Fragmentation complicates monitoring vaccine effectiveness and safety as parental skepticism of routine immunizations doubled between 2019 and 2024. Childhood vaccination rates have declined since the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent measles outbreaks demonstrate how quickly controlled diseases can re-emerge.
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