Child Health

Children represent the future, and ensuring their healthy growth and development ought to be a prime concern of all societies. Your child"s health includes physical, mental and social well-being. Most parents know the basics of keeping children healthy, like offering them healthy foods, making sure they get enough sleep and exercise and insuring their safety.
It is also important for children to get regular check-ups with their health care provider. These visits are a chance to check your child"s development. They are also a good time to catch or prevent problems.
Other than check-ups, school-age children should be seen for: significant weight gain or loss; sleep problems or change in behavior; skin rashes; frequent sore throats and infections. Children are particularly vulnerable to infectious diseases, many of which can be effectively prevented or treated.
Keeping your child healthy is a big job! MediKids is the children’s health program aiming to improve child health by delivering integrated, effective care in a continuum - starting with a healthy pregnancy for the mother, through birth and care up to adult age. MediKids is an integrated approach to child health that focuses on the well-being of the child by providing easy access to quality health information, services and products.