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This report shows analysis of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and associated response measures on routine childhood immunisation using Australian Immunisation Register data. There was no evidence of...
Attaining high immunisation coverage rates for children with medical conditions is vital. The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) Immunisation Service has the opportunity to check each inpatient's...
A guide to assist immunization providers with decisions regarding measles vaccination catch-up for the Australian community.
An example from Australia of a resource used post-vaccination to provide information on how to care for common reactions to vaccinations
Background: Vaccination rates have remained steady for a number of years in Australia, however geographical areas of lower vaccine coverage remains a day-to-day challenge. The study explores parental...
Background: To inform national healthcare authorities whether quadrivalent influenza vaccines (QIVs) provide better value for money than trivalent influenza vaccines (TIVs), we assessed the...
Home-based record (HBR) for Australia-New South Wales circa 2017
Home-based record (HBR) for Australia-Queensland circa 2017
Home-based record (HBR) for Australia-SA circa 2014
The role of pharmacists in immunisation and vaccination varies across the world; in some countries pharmacists are primarily involved in ensuring the safe supply and ...
BACKGROUND: Australia introduced universal 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) from 2005, replaced by 13-valent PCV (PCV13) in 2011, uniquely among high-income countries giving doses at 2,...
In the Lancet Infectious Diseases, Eric Chow and colleagues1 present evidence of remarkable population effectiveness against human papillomavirus (HPV), with virtual eradication of targeted types,...
INTRODUCTION On-going post-licensure surveillance of adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) is critical to detecting and responding to potentially serious adverse events in a timely manner....
Sequential or co-administration of vaccines has potential to alter the immune response to any of the antigens. Existing literature suggests that prior immunisation of tetanus/diphtheria-containing...
Australia implemented conjugate meningococcal C immunization in
2003 with a single scheduled dose at age 12 months and catch-up for
individuals aged 2–19 years. Several countries have recently...
To assess the performance of SmartVax, a prototypic active monitoring system for adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) using short message service (SMS) text messages and clinical data...
Parents commonly perceive and report that their child has experienced an AEFI. In this group of parents the subsequent expectation of an AEFI and vaccine safety concerns may be heightened. Further...
Although rare, invasive meningococcal disease remains an important cause of mortality and morbidity in children and young adults. Vaccines have been successfully introduced to help protect against...
In The Lancet , Julia Brotherton and colleagues report a decrease in precancerous cervical lesions in girls younger than 18 years after population-wide human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in...
Six years after the initiation of the Australian HPV vaccination programme, the researchers have detected a substantial fall in vaccine-targeted HPV genotypes in vaccinated women; a lower prevalence...
Highlights
•HPV vaccination in Australia commenced in 2007, and included vaccination of 12–13 year old girls at school and a catch-up for females aged 12–26 years. The catch-up was delivered...
This paper presents results of a study determining the efficacy of a values based approach to changing vaccination attitudes. It reports an evaluation survey of the “I Immunise” campaign,...
Increased febrile reactions in Australian children from one influenza vaccine brand in 2010 diminished confidence in influenza immunisation, highlighting the need for improved vaccine safety...
The mass media has enormous potential to influence health-related behaviours and perceptions. Much research has focused on how the media frames health issues. This study sought to explore how...
OBJECTIVES: In 2013, the Follow-up and Active Surveillance of Trivalent Influenza Vaccine in Mums (FASTMum) program began using short message service (SMS) to collect adverse event information in...
OBJECTIVE: To estimate influenza and pneumococcal immunisation rates by self-report and validate this with immunisation providers.
METHOD:
A random population telephone survey. This was followed by...
Although the PCV7 has substantially reduced the rates of invasive pneumococcal disease, reports from around the world suggest that the incidence of empyema in children has increased following the...
The optimism generated by scientific breakthroughs often turns to disappointment when applied to the real world of clinical care. It is therefore worth celebrating the extraordinary success of...
Immunisation coverage reporting using data from the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register is likely to underestimate immunisation uptake. Since 1997- several initiatives have been introduced to...
BACKGROUND: In September 2008 the ACT achieved the highest childhood coverage rates in Australia with rates of 93.5% (12-15-month age cohort)- 94.9% (24-27-month age cohort) and 90.58% (60-63-month...
The National Immunisation Program Schedule in Australia is formulated and funded nationally under the population-wide Medicare system. The policy is implemented by the eight state and territory...
This report describes human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine coverage data for Australian women 18-26 years of age- as notified to the National Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Program Register. A...
Immunisation coverage is calculated from Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR) data using the 'third dose assumption'. This assumes that if the third in a series of vaccine doses has been...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationships between socio-economic and demographic variables and low immunisation coverage at the national level. METHODS: The Australian Childhood Immunisation Register...
OBJECTIVES: To assess the completeness of ACIR data for south-eastern Sydney children at 12 to d 12 to hs listed as overdue on the ACIR011A report- December 2001- by contacting the last immunisation...
Low levels of reporting indigenous status to the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR) in the past have resulted in reduced confidence in vaccination coverage data for Aboriginal and...
This letter published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 24, No 8, August 2000 examines reasons why data from the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR) may underestimate true...
OBJECTIVE: To assess the level of under-reporting to the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR) and the resulting underestimation of national immunisation coverage using ACIR data- and to...