was more canadian lives than any other medical intervention while vaccines have made many diseases rare rarely seen in canada are still prevalent in other countries where every person you come in contact with has been when you get vaccinated you are not only protecting around—including babies who are too young to be vaccinated and people who cannot receive vaccines for the canadian paediatric society and the national advisory committee on immunization currently recommend the following vaccines for children • rotavirus vaccine protects infants against rotavirus the most common cause of serious diarrhea in babies and young children • pneumococcal vaccine protects against infections ear infections • meningococcal vaccine protects against diseases and rubella uncomfortable and sometimes serious infection dtap vaccine protects adolescents against diphtheria • hpv vaccine protects against the human papillomavirus your child's healthcare provider can advise you on which vaccines your child should have and when to have them childhood immunization there are some deadly diseases that they can't handle children are exposed to thousands of germs every day that help a child's immune system learn to recognize and fight off serious diseases
