Recommended Immunization Resources

Available from your local public health or doctor’s office:

• Fact sheets about vaccines
  
  
• Other resources about vaccines

At your local library:

• Resources (may include the books listed below)
  
  
• Access to the Internet

Available at local bookstores:

• Your Child’s Best Shot: A parent’s guide to vaccination (2006).
  Canadian Paediatric Society
  
  
• Vaccines: What You Should Know (2003).
  Dr. Paul Offitt & Dr. Louis M. Bell

Available on the Internet:

• Government of Manitoba - Public Health Division
  www.gov.mb.ca/health/publichealth/cdc/index.html
  
  
• Immunization and Vaccines
  Public Health Agency of Canada
  www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/im/index.html
  
  
• It's Time to Immunize: A web site and guide offering immunization information specifically for parents
  Public Health Agency of Canada
  www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/im/iyc-vve/index-eng.php
  
  
• Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness and Promotion
  Canadian Public Health Association
  www.immunize.cpha.ca/en/learn.aspx
  
  
• Canadian Paediatric Society
  www.caringforkids.cps.ca/immunization/index.htm

For more information:

Talk to your doctor, public health nurse or call Health Links-Info Santé: 788-8200 toll-free - in Winnipeg 1-888-315-9257 - outside Winnipeg