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National Immunization Awareness Week: 21-30 April 2025
HPV Prevention Week: 01-07 October 2024
August 2024: National Immunization Awareness Month
National Immunization Awareness Week: 22-30 April 2024
Media Releases
2025
2024
- National Immunization Awareness Month: Protect your future. Get immunized!
- National Immunization Awareness Week: Protect your future. Get immunized!
2022
- January 13, 2022 – Thursday, January 27 is National Kids and Vaccines Day. Cision Canada (Newswire).
2021
- April 23, 2021 – April 24 is World Meningitis Day: Take Action to #DefeatMeningitis
2020
- April 27, 2020 – Immunize Canada: Maintaining Immunization during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- April 27, 2020 – National Immunization Awareness Week – Keep Vaccinating! Immunizing during COVID-19 is Key to the Health of Canadians
- April 24, 2020 – We Can All #DefeatMeningitis – World Meningitis Day 2020
2019
- October 25, 2019 (media availability) – Public health, vaccine experts and parents available for media interviews on seasonal influenza immunization
- October 23, 2019 – Immunize Canada supports global fight to end polio
- April 18, 2019 – /sites/default/files/Resource and Product Uploads (PDFs)/Campaigns/NIAW/2019/niaw2019_mediarelease_e.pdfImmunization Awareness is Key to the Health of Canadians. National Immunization Awareness Week: is 20-27 April 2019.
2018
- October 22, 2018 (media advisory) – Public health and vaccine experts available for media interviews on seasonal influenza.
- April 20, 2018 – Avoiding preventable illness is key to the health of Canadians. National Immunization Awareness Week is 21-28 April 2018.
2017
- October 5, 2017 – Lower your flu risk. Get immunized.
- April 21, 2017 – Let’s celebrate the success of vaccines! (National Immunization Awareness Week)
2016
- December 8, 2016 – Grade 6 students create original art for immunization awareness.
- October 4, 2016 – Lower your flu risk. Get Immunized.
- April 20, 2016 – Calling all Canadians: Let's talk about community immunity and important immunization topics.
2015
- November 25, 2015 – Flu shots save lives. Get immunized.
- May 13, 2015 – Immunize Canada receives donation from Government of Canada to mark birth of royal baby.
- April 23, 2015 – Boost your power! Get Immunized National Immunization Awareness Week.
2014
- October 21, 2014 – Protect yourself and those around you. Get the influenza vaccine.
- April 23, 2014 – Vaccination: Your Best Shot - National Immunization Awareness Week.
- March 21, 2014 -– A Canadian first: One-of-a-kind mobile app puts vaccination informaiton in the hands of Canadians.
2013
- November 12, 2013 – Influenza prevention begins with you.
- June 2013 – Public health experts to develop Canadian smartphone app to track immunizations.
- May 13, 2013 – Protect yourself against tetanus!
- April 22, 2013 – Immunization Awareness Week 2013: Protect yourself. Protect others. Get immunized.
- January, 10 2013 – Did you miss getting your flu shot? It’s not too late!
- January 2013 – 2012 ational Immunization Poster Contest winners announced!
2012
- September 28, 2012 – Pneumococcal disease? What is it? And do Canadians need to worry about it?
- September 24, 2012 – Don’t sit on the sidelines this year! Get the flu shot. Not the flu.
- June 12, 2012 – New name, same great cause! CCIAP becomes Immunize Canada.
- May 18, 2012 – Spring - the time for gardening, home renovations and…your tetanus booster!
- April 20, 2012 – Protect your world. Get immunized. (National Immunization Awareness Week & World Immunization Week: April 21-28, 2012).
- January 10, 2012 – Did you miss getting your flu shot in 2011? It’s not too late!