What's New

CIII-2 Launches New Partnership with PAHO

On October 7-8, 2009, a delegation from Bolivia, Chile, and Ecuador was invited by CIII-2 to attend the meetings of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) in Halifax as part of a new partnership between CIII-2 and the Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO) ProVac Initiative.

This new CIII-PAHO partnership aims to support the countries of the Americas in strengthening the capacity of their National Immunization Committees in making evidence-based decisions.

This collaboration provided the delegation with the opportunity to observe the proceedings of NACI, to appreciate debate and discussion mechanisms different from their own, and to network with Canada’s top experts in immunization.

For more information on this new partnership, click here to read a brief report on the visit.

For more information on the ProVac Initiative, please visit: www.paho.org/provac

CIII-2 actively supports the intensified efforts to contain the polio outbreak in Africa

CIII-2 recently sent two Canadian epidemiologists to assist the Chadian Ministry of Health in its efforts to respond to the polio outbreak affecting Chad and neighbouring countries. The Canadian experts will work in coordination with the Chadian health authorities, the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, to strengthen the surveillance system for vaccine-preventable diseases and to evaluate and coordinate national and cross-border mass immunization campaigns.

As part of its continuous support to the global polio eradication efforts through the STOP program, CIII-2 recently deployed 6 Canadian experts to Angola,Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and North Sudan, and will deploy another six in January to Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Mali, Nigeria and Rwanda. For more information on the STOP program, please click here.