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 by the
Canadian Public Health Association at the
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute with funding from the
Public Health Agency of Canada.
IMPACT The CPS administers the Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program, Active (IMPACT), a national surveillance system for
vaccine-preventable diseases and
vaccine adverse events in 12 pediatric tertiary care centers across Canada. IMPACT is funded by the Centre for Immunization and Respiratory Infectious Diseases at the
Public Health Agency of Canada, with additional funding for surveillance for rotavirus and invasive meningococcal disease provided by
GlaxoSmithKline,
Merck,
Novartis and
Pfizer.
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, information about
COVID-19 vaccines was added to the curriculum. Funded by a $726,704 grant from the
Public Health Agency of Canada's Immunization Partnership Fund, the CPS organized a workshop and online education module on
vaccine hesitancy to increase uptake of COVID-19 vaccines.
Awards presented In 2010 the society established the
Anna Jarvis Paediatric Emergency Medicine Teaching Award, to honor an educator centered on the teaching of paediatric medicine. ==See also==