The
Immunization Programs and Vaccine Preventable Diseases team is responsible for
immunization program implementation support, clinical guidelines development,
professional and public education, program evaluation, surveillance and
monitoring of vaccine coverage, vaccine safety and vaccine effectiveness, as
well as vaccine procurement, inventory management and provincial distribution
of the vaccine supply. The team also provides pharmaceutical care for TB and
STI clinical services.
The team conducts integrated epidemiology and surveillance for vaccine preventable and related diseases (such as invasive group A streptococcal disease), and produces and disseminates reports about trends in these diseases. The team also develops and updates disease control guidelines. Communicable Disease Reports | Communicable Disease Control Manual | Disease Case Definitions | Surveillance Forms
The team supports the implementation of provincial immunization programs, assesses immunization coverage, conducts surveillance of adverse events, promotes immunization for all programs, and provides technical and operational support for immunization program policy development and program planning, including provincial immunization initiatives in partnership with the Regional Health Authorities. | Immunization & Vaccines | Immunization Coverage Reports | Adverse Events Following Immunization (AEFI) | COVID-19 Vaccine
The team is responsible for developing and updating the BC Immunization Manual (Chapter 2, Communicable Disease Control Manual) and best-practice guidelines for immunization services in BC | BC Immunization Manual | Immunization Clinical Resources
The Pharmacy team provides pharmaceutical care as well as inventory
management and medication distribution to support select BCCDC programs and
services. | BCCDC Pharmacy
The team is responsible for procuring, inventory management, and distribution of publicly funded vaccines in BC. | Vaccine Management | BCCDC Pharmacy
The team is responsible for enhanced surveillance of respiratory viruses
such as influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and COVID-19 in order to
monitor patterns and determinants of disease burden and evaluate vaccine
effectiveness. | Sentinel
Practitioner Surveillance Network
