Personal stories

PUBLISHED: 2007 CATEGORY: Parents, Adults TYPE: PDFGrandparents : polio could be just an airplane flight away

Grandparents : polio could be just an airplane flight away

Personal story of a polio survivor who describes the effects of the disease many years later. She cautions against becoming complacent about the seeming eradication of the disease and promotes childhood vaccinations against polio so that it will not return.

Authors: Donaldson Jean Wallace

Corporate Authors: Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion

Publisher: Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion

PUBLISHED: 2003 CATEGORY: Parents, Adults TYPE: PDFCall for a whooping cough booster shot for adults

Call for a whooping cough booster shot for adults

A personal story about an adult case of pertussis (whooping cough). The author calls for an adult booster shot to be made available so that parents will not unknowlingly pass this illness onto their children.

Authors: Walchuk BJ

Corporate Authors: Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion

Publisher: Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion