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Caring for kids new to Canada

A guide for health professionals working with immigrant and refugee children and youth

Common vaccine myths: Multilingual infographics

Discover the top five myths about vaccines and learn the truth to better protect your family from vaccine-preventable illness.

There is growing evidence that newcomer populations bear a disproportionate burden of vaccine-preventable diseases. Myths about vaccination put new Canadians at even greater risk. 

This infographic from Our Kids’ Health and the Canadian Paediatric Society identifies common vaccine myths and clears up misinformation linked to those claims. 

Our Kids’ Health develops evidence-based health information in multiple languages to support new Canadians in making health decisions for their family. This infographic is available in the following languages: