cover image: Renewal of the Vaccine Preventable Disease Reduction Targets for 2025-2030

Renewal of the Vaccine Preventable Disease Reduction Targets for 2025-2030

23 May 2024

• In 2024, The Centre for Immunization Surveillance (CIS) and the Centre for Emerging Respiratory Infections and Pandemic Preparedness (CERIPP) at PHAC are launching the renewal process for the Canada’s NVCGs and VPD- RTs for 2025-2030 The current slide is repurposed from 4 VCES’s NVCG Renewal Presentation. [...] 8 Part 1.3: Rubella Current: Maintain the elimination status of endemic rubella in Canada Rationale: Endemic rubella has been eliminated Status: Met from Canada since 2005 as a PAHO requirement Considerations for the renewal: • PAHO priority to maintain rubella elimination in the Americas, and WHO priority to eradicate rubella globally. [...] • Should respiratory and cutaneous diphtheria be grouped together in the newly worded target? • If focused on respiratory diphtheria, what would be an appropriate case threshold? Should we maintain cases or frame as hospitalizations? • Is it worth the enhanced investigation to maintain the "exposed in Canada" piece? • Project high resources required to update this target . [...] • Given the disease is not communicable and case counts only reflect vaccination program, should we consider only having a vaccination coverage goal and not a reduction target for tetanus? 12 Part 2.3: Maternal/Neonatal Tetanus (MNT) Current: Maintain zero cases of MNT in Canada Rationale: Eliminated in the Regions of the Status: N/A Americas in 2017 Considerations for the renewal: • Remains a glo. [...] 15 Part 2.6: Invasive Meningococcal Disease (IMD) Current: Maintain less than five cases of IMD serogroup C in children less than 18 years of age Rationale: Target is sufficient to show success of Status: Met vaccination program Considerations for the renewal: • The low incidences in baseline years (2011-2015) are indicative of an effective vaccine and adequate vaccination programs.

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