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Flu – Sites of interest

Flu – Sites of interest

To learn more about the influenza, Passeportsanté.net offers a selection of associations and government sites dealing with the subject of influenza. You will be able to find there Additional Information and contact communities or support groups allowing you to learn more about the disease.

France

The sentinel network: it closely follows influenza epidemics.

https://websenti.u707.jussieu.fr/sentiweb/?page=accueil

The Health Insurance website:

http://www.ameli.fr/assures/prevention-sante/la-vaccination-contre-la-grippe-saisonniere_loire.php

Canada

Born and grow.com

To find reliable information on the flu and on appropriate treatments for children, the Naître et grandir.net site is ideal. It is a site dedicated to the development and health of children. The disease sheets are reviewed by doctors from the Hôpital Sainte-Justine in Montreal and the Center hospitalier universitaire de Québec. Naître et grandir.net, like PasseportSanté.net, is part of the Lucie and André Chagnon Foundation family.

www.naitreetgrandir.com

Combattezlagrippe.ca

Find out more about how to prevent and fight the flu (hygiene, vaccination, etc.) and find out more about swine flu.

www.combattezlagrippe.ca

Public Health Agency of Canada

A practical site to find out the degree of influenza activity in your region.

www.dsol-smed.phac-aspc.qc.ca

Quebec pandemic

This site of the Government of Quebec brings together the news on the surveillance of a possible influenza pandemic.

www.pandemiequebec.gouv.qc.ca

Canadian Pediatric Society

To find out the normal temperature ranges in children, and the recommended techniques for taking temperature, according to age.

www.soinsdenosenfants.cps.ca

Quebec government’s Health Guide

To learn more about drugs: how to take them, what are the contraindications and possible interactions, etc.

www.guidesante.gouv.qc.ca