Resources

• AboutKidsHealth (Sick Kids Hospital).
  The Hospital for Sick Children
  Provides families with information about all areas influencing child health and family quality of life. Includes a Just for Kids section that has age-appropriate animations for kids on many different health topics.
• Alberta Health and Wellness.
  Alberta Health and Wellness
  Sets strategic direction for the health system through: pplicy, legislation and standards; allocating resources; helping develop and support the health system; and administering provincial programs.
• Allied Vaccine Group.
  Allied Vaccine Group
  Comprised of websites dedicated to presenting valid scientific information about the sometimes confusing subject of vaccines.
• American Lung Association.
  American Lung Association
  Dedicated to preventing lung disease and promoting lung health.
• CAIRE: Canadian Association for Immunization Research and Evaluation.
  Canadian Association for Immunization Research and Evaluation
  Represents over 90 members who have joined together to advance vaccinology, including specialists in childhood and adult infectious disease, public health, microbiology, clinical trials, vaccine immunology and technology assessment, social and behavioural science, nursing research, epidemiology and biostatistics.
• Canadian Center for Vaccinology.; 2009
  The Canadian Center for Vaccinology (CCfV) is an integrated collaborative multidisciplinary vaccine research team committed to excellent research. CCfV unites the biomedical and clinical sciences with the social sciences and humanities to effectively span the research continuum from basic discovery to translation into useful vaccines to prevent disease in humans and to change population and public health outcomes.
• Canadian Foundation for Infectious Disease.
  CFID is the fundraising arm of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease (AMMI) Canada -- Canada’s largest association of microbiologists and infectious disease specialists.
• Canadian International Immunization Initiative.
  Canadian Public Health Association
  Works with Canadians and organizations around the world to eradicate polio, measles, and other diseases that we can prevent through vaccines.
• Canadian Liver Foundation.
  Canadian Liver Foundation
  Describes the activities of the Canadian Liver Foundation, a national, charitable organization dedicated to liver health and to eliminating the over 100 foms of liver disease.
• Every child by two.
  Every Child By Two
  Raises awareness of the critical need for timely immunizations and to foster a systematic way to immunize all of America’s children by age two.
• First Nations and Inuit health.
  Health Canada
  Offers information on how to stay healthy, learn about disease threats and health conditions; substance use and help with addictions; drug, dental and medical benefits as well as what programs and funding are available for First Nations and Inuit in Canada. Member of the Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion (CCIAP).
• GAVI Alliance.
  GAVI Alliance
  Dedicated to increasing child immunization around the globe and aids the efforts of poorer countries to provide children with basic access to life saving vaccines.
• Immunization Action Coalition.
  Immunization Action Coalition
  Works to increase immunization rates and prevent disease by creating and distributing educational materials for health professionals and the public that enhance the delivery of safe and effective immunization services.
• Immunization Education Initiative.
  The Immunization Education Initiative is a national group of nurses and other stakeholders who advocate for greater awareness of immunization issues with an emphasis on education.
• Immunization Technical Assistance Network (IZTA).
  Immunization Technical Assistance Network
  Academy for Educational Development
  Provides resources and tools to a community of immunization coalition members from across the United States. Provides a forum for the exchange of information and ideas, and aids ITZA members in starting and sustaining immunization coalitions.
• Immunization, vaccines and biologicals (WHO).
  World Health Organization
  Provides policy, guidelines and information about vaccines, immunization and vaccine-preventable diseases.
• IMPACT : Canadian Immunization Monitoring Program ACTive.
  Canadian Paediatric Society
  IMPACT is a pediatric hospital-based national active surveillance network for vaccine-preventable associated adverse events, vaccine failures and selected infectious diseases in children that are, or are soon to be, vaccine preventable.
• Institute for Vaccine Safety (Johns Hopkins U).
  Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  Discusses current vaccine issues including thimerosal, polio vaccine and HIV. Provides an independent assessment of vaccines and vaccine safety to help guide decision makers and educate physicians, the public and the media about key issues surrounding the safety of vaccines.
• International organizations preventing disease through vaccination.
  Immunization Action Coalition
  Provides links to international organizations who are involved in immunization activities.
• Meningitis Research Foundation of Canada.
  Meningitis Research Foundation of Canada
  Ddicated to the prevention of meningitis, to improving survival rates and outcomes, and to the support of families of those whose lives have been changed by this disease.
• National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.
  National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
  Dedicated to educating the public and healthcare professionals about the causes, treatment and prevention of infectious diseases. Includes fact sheets, continuing medical education, publications, and the National Coalition for Adult Immunization.
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
  National Institutes of Health
  Provides support for scientists conducting research aimed at developing better ways to diagnose, treat and prevent the many infectious, immunologic and allergic diseases that afflict people worldwide.
• National Network for Immunization Information.
  National Network for Immunization Information
  Designed to serve as a source of complete and comprehensive information on vaccination and vaccination-related issues for parents, health care professionals and the media. Initiative of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and the American Nurses Association (ANA).
• National Vaccine Program Office (US).
  Department of Health & Human Services
  Provides information about childhood, adolescent, and adult immunizations. Includes publications and reports on vaccine preventable diseases, vaccine safety, vaccine coverage, immunization laws, and immunization registries.
• PKIDs online : Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases.
  Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases
  Educates the public about infectious diseases, the methods of prevention and transmission, the latest advances in medicine, and the elimination of social stigma borne by the infected, Assists the families of children living with hepatitis, HIV/AIDS, or other chronic, viral infectious diseases with emotional, financial and informational support.
• Public Health Agency of Canada.
  Public Health Agency of Canada
  Link to the Public Health Agency of Canada home page. Member of the Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion (CCIAP).
• Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization.
  The University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) is a world leader in the research and development of vaccine and immunity-enhancing technologies for humans and animals.
• Vaccine Education Center (CHOP).
  Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  Provides resources that explain how vaccines work, how they are made, who recommends vaccines, when they should be given, if they are still necessary, and, most importantly, if they are safe.