Immunization Guidelines
Simply put, vaccines save lives. You have the power to protect your baby from dangerous illnesses like measles, tetanus and hepatitis. Being a parent is a big responsibility, and the best thing you can do for your child’s health is to learn the facts so that you can make the best choices.
Thanks to our successful vaccination program, parents today have been spared witnessing the devastating effects of many diseases. Polio, for example, paralyzed millions of children worldwide before the vaccine was created.
Diseases such as hepatitis, whooping cough and measles can still infect children that are not protected.
Claims have been made over the years regarding the safety of some routine childhood vaccines suggesting that they are the cause of disorders such as autism. Top researchers from around the world have investigated each of these claims and concluded that vaccines do not cause autism or any other chronic disorders.
The BC Pediatric Society has an immunization schedule that you can download and print - please feel free to use it as a guideline for your child’s immunizations.
Here is the BC Provincial Immunization Schedule 2010
Here are some links that we hope you will find useful.
The Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion (CCIAP) is a partnership of national non-governmental, professional, health, consumer, government and private sector organizations with a specific interest in promoting the understanding and use of vaccines recommended by the National Advisory Committee on Immunization.
The goal of the CCIAP is to contribute to the control/elimination/eradication of vaccine-preventable diseases in Canada by increasing awareness of the benefits and risks of immunization for all ages via education, promotion, advocacy and media relations.
Additional information is available from The Childhood Immunization Support Program at The American Academy of Pediatrics and from the following organizations: