Abstract
The immunization program of a modern public health system contains two major important parts: routine immunization and emergency response vaccination towards unexpected disease outbreaks. The two deliverables of this summer practicum report are matching with the two components of the immunization program. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the routine immunization program in Ontario for two years, and it requires restoration as soon as possible. The Public Health Units in Ontario were asked to fill out a summer template for their summer vaccination plans, and the results were summarized and presented. COVID-19 vaccination was still predominant in the immunization program planning. Based on the summer plans of the public health units in Ontario, the restoration of the infant-child and school-adolescent routine immunization program went well, while the adult routine vaccination was put on hold for now. The results of this brief analysis of the summer plans of those public health units were showing the process of routine immunization program restoration. They were also used within related vaccine inventory projects as supplemental information.
An unexpected monkeypox outbreak has happened during the summer of 2022, and the emergency response of the healthcare system includes an immediate response of planning for an appropriate vaccination program and being able to constantly update and revise the program based on reality. A weekly updated jurisdictional scan was performed to summarize the vaccination programs in different countries and regions with the monkeypox outbreak. Different policies were taken into consideration to timely update the current Ontario monkeypox vaccination strategies.