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Canadian Paediatric Society
Common Childhood Diseases

When children are young and their immune systems are immature, they experience many common childhood illnesses.  The best protection is prevention:

  1. Make certain your child is up to-date with their immunizations
  2. Ensure yearly flu vaccine:
  3. Be a role model for hand washing
  4. A link that may be helpful is Common Childhood Diseases

A good source of information on common childhood infections is the Canada Paediatric Society

 

   

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