Resources

• Canadian immunization guide. (PDF: 4.4m) 7th ed.
  National Advisory Committee on Immunization
  Public Health Agency of Canada; 2006
  Presents information on the immunizing agents available in Canada and their use in the prevention of communicable diseases. Discusses recommendations on routine immunizations and answers queries from providers regarding immunization.
• Getting your shots (CPS).
  Canadian Paediatric Society; 2003
  Offers information on vaccines in Canada, written in plain language. Includes pamphlets on 5-in-1, measles, mumps and rubella, Diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis, hepatitis B, chickenpox, pneumococcal vaccine, and meningococcal vaccine.
• Immunization: the best defence.
  Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion
  Lists a number of diseases and compares the number of cases in Canada before and after the introduction of vaccines.
• Immunize your kids! (CCIAP). (PDF: 100k)
  Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion; 2009
  Describes how immunization works and lists recommended vaccinations for children. For best results print this brochure on letter-sized paper. (Choose File > Page Setup; under Orientation pick Landscape, and in the drop-down menu, under Paper pick Letter. Click OK and then print as usual.
• Interval between administration of vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis.
  National Advisory Committee on Immunization
  - Canada Communicable Disease Report 2005;31(ACS-9):17-22.
  Public Health Agency of Canada
  Provides information regarding the intervals between administration of vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis.
• Publications : immunization (ON).
  Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
  Provides links to fact sheets on immunization.
• A survey of key diseases. (PDF: 50k)
  Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion
  Gives an overview, history, and risks of getting diseases including diphtheria, whooping cough (pertussis), tetanus, polio, haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib), measles, mumps, rubella, and hepatitis B.
• Unprotected people reports.
  Immunization Action Coalition
  Includes case reports, personal testimonies, newspaper and journal articles about people who have suffered or died from vaccine-preventable diseases.