The health of Toronto's young children

The Health of Toronto’s Young Children: The First Year of Life in Toronto This second report in the series, The Health of Toronto’s Young Children: The First Year of Life in Toronto, focuses on the health of Toronto’s infants from birth to their first birthday. [...] The Health of Toronto’s Young Children: Volume 2 – The First Year of Life in Toronto 3 PART I: INTRODUCTION The Health of Toronto’s Young Children: The First Year of Life in Toronto, is the second in the series of reports on the health of Toronto’s young children. [...] The Health of Toronto’s Young Children: Volume 2 – The First Year of Life in Toronto 5 This second report in the series – The Health of Toronto’s Young Children: The First Year of Life in Toronto - focuses on the health of Toronto’s infants from This report focuses birth to their first birthday. [...] The impact of these severe disabilities is profound and can affect all aspects of the lives of the children and their families.16 In 2000, the rate of NTDs in Toronto was similar to that for the rest of Ontario (Figure 10). [...] Antiretroviral therapy given to pregnant women and to the newborn infant in the first six weeks of life can decrease perinatal transmission of HIV by two-thirds.69 28 Toronto Public Health Infant Jaundice Jaundice is a yellowish discolouration of the skin, the whites of the eyes (sclera) and the nails.