Support for Immunization Registries (Motion #06-25)

Board of Health for Public Health Sudbury & Districts, January 16, 2025

Motion moved by Barclay – Despatie:

06-25 SUPPORT FOR IMMUNIZATION REGISTRIES

WHEREAS neither Ontario nor Canada currently have a reliable, complete or timely way to record immunization information for residents;

WHEREAS a national immunization registry has been a longstanding recommendation for strengthening public health in Canada;

WHEREAS in September 2024, the Ontario Immunization Advisory Committee released a position statement[i] strongly urging the Ontario Ministry of Health to develop a provincial immunization registry; and

WHEREAS Peterborough Public Health (Motion 9.3.6) and Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (Resolution 32) have also passed motions to support a provincial immunization registry;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Health endorses the establishment and implementation of an Immunization Registry for Ontario;

AND THAT the Board of Health supports the establishment of a pan-Canadian immunization registry that integrates with any provincial registries.

CARRIED

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[i] Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion (Public Health Ontario), Ontario Immunization Advisory Committee. Position Statement: a provincial immunization registry for Ontario. Toronto, ON: King’s Printer for Ontario; 2024.

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