This page contains information about Island Health's Adult Mental Health and Substance Use Services for Nanaimo including Lantzville, Gabriola Island, and Cedar. Contact Us Call or arrive at the Crisis Counselling Clinic. No Appointment Necessary.ithdrawal Management Withdrawal Management can be provided at Clearview Detox. Referral is through the Crisis or Intake Team by your family doctor, or by walking into the Crisis Counselling Clinic at Brooks Landing 203-2000 Island Highway. The Clearview Detox contact number is 250-739-5891.
Once high levels of routine immunization have been achieved, national immunization days, followed by close monitoring and 'blitzing' of any outbreaks, can eliminate the disease. In all, vaccines have brought seven major human diseases under some degree of control - smallpox, diphtheria, tetanus, yellow fever, whooping cough, polio, and measles. Photo: Pain now, gain later - vaccines currently in use are saving the lives of three million children a year.Â©.
Short Answer. Doctors recommend vaccines during childhood because theyâre an incredibly effective way to prevent dangerous diseases and their potentially long-term effects.Right now there are 14 diseases that kids can be protected from through vaccination.Vaccines are also the reason why some serious diseases, like smallpox, have been completely wiped out worldwide. Source: http://healthvermont.gov/hc/imm/index.aspx.efore vaccines, parents in the United States could expect that every year: 1  Polio would paralyze 10,000 children. 2  Rubella (German measles) would cause birth defects and mental retardation in as many as 20,000 newborns. 3  Measles would infect about 4 million children, and kill 3,000.