It's one down, one more to go for children receiving the H1N1 flu vaccine in Peel Region.

Health officials closed down public immunization clinics earlier this month, but will soon start up clinics for youngsters needing a second dose of the H1N1 vaccine.

Clinics in Brampton will take place at 11 Indell Lane, near the area of Airport Road and Walker Drive, from Jan. 5 to Jan. 8.

Clinics hours are between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.

The second dose is for children one to three years of age who do not have access to a family doctor.

Peel Health will also provide vaccination to children between the ages of three and 10 who don't have access to a doctor, and who suffer from chronic medical conditions like asthma, blood disorders, kidney disease and diabetes.

Children should wait 21 days between each dose.

Between Oct. 27 and Dec. 11, when public clinics closed, Peel Health delivered 102,000 shots to residents and distributed some 300,000 doses to doctors and other community partners.

But health officials are urging residents to get a flu shot.

About 37 per cent of Ontarians have received the H1N1 flu vaccine, less than what health officials expected the numbers to be at the outset of the vaccination program.

As a result, Ontario has launched a new public education campaign aimed at encouraging residents to get the H1N1 flu shot.

The campaign is geared to people who so far have been undecided about getting the vaccine.

The government hopes the education drive, which runs from Dec. 21 to late January, will generate more discussion about vaccination at the community level.