To send kids to school without vaccinations, parents in Ontario must first attend a class of their own. Article content Conducted one-on-one or in groups as large as 50 at their local health units, the mandatory “vaccine education” sessions for parents pursuing exemptions consists m...
The province, Canada's largest, has struggled for years with low vaccine coverage among schoolchildren, particularly in and around Toronto, where in many schools less than 70% of students are up to date with their recommended vaccination schedule. In recent years public health authorities have ...
Vaccine acceptanceImmunization policyOur objectives were: (1) to quantify and describe un-immunized students in Ontario, Canada and assess the extent to which these students have exemptions; and (2) to quantify and describe students with non-medical exemptions (NMEs), including what proportion have...
In Ontario, as legislated by the Immunization of School Pupils Act, immunization with at least one dose of rubella-containing vaccine is required for school attend- ance, unless a valid medical exemption or statement of religious or conscientious objection is provided. One imported case of ...