Immunisation 2018
The biennial National Immunisation Conferences are the peak public health conferences in Australia with the prevention and control of vaccine preventable diseases through immunisation as their focus. Run by the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) for over 30 years.
In 2018 the Conference theme was ‘Immunisation for all: Gains, gaps and goals’.
The theme was established to reflect the importance of immunisation to prevent disease, disability and death in persons of all ages and from all backgrounds. Gains in this area include the increasing availability and effectiveness of vaccines for new diseases and for use from pregnancy - to protect the newborn infant- through to the very elderly. Equity in disease prevention that some vaccine programs are achieving, such as gender neutral HPV vaccination, as well as the recent establishment of the ‘whole of life’ Australian Immunisation Register and improvements in vaccine coverage in children are other recent accomplishments. Better understanding that the gaps in immunisation still exist, such as vaccination uptake by socially disadvantaged or medically at risk people, were the focus of this conference.
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Conference Welcome Adjunct Professor Michael Moore AM &The Hon Greg Hunt MP
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Closing the gap Getting vaccines to children who need them the most Professor Gagandeep Kang
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Opening Plenary Panel Discussion
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Feery Oration 10 years of HPV vaccines - successes, setbacks where next Professor Margaret Stanley
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Catching up with catch-up - refugee-background and asylum seeker populations Dr Georgie Paxton
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Who is missing out on getting immunised migrants and travellers Professor Nicholas Zwar
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Protecting the most vulnerable children and adults with comorbidities Associate Professor Chris Blyth
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Access to immunisations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people Ms Katrina Clark
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Gaps in occupational vaccination Dr Holly Seale
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Panel Discussion Who is still missing out on getting immunised and why
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Meningococcal disease ascendant – how should Australia respond Dr Peter Richmond
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No Jab No Pay Play – Is the juice worth the squeeze Associate Professor Julie Leask
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Panel Discussion No Jab, No PayPlay
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Children Immunisation, gains, gaps and goals Associate Professor Tom Snelling
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Vaccinating The Forgotten People – adults aged 65 years Dr Robert Menzies
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Vaccination in Pregnancy, RSV Vaccines - Are we there yet Assoc Professor Dr Flor Munoz-Rivas
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Impact of a meningococcal B vaccine on gonorrhoea in New Zealand Dr Janine Paynter
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Impact of ‘No Jab’ policies on parents and immunisation service, RCH, Melbourne Margie Danchin
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Ceduna region meningococcal vaccination program Andrew Lane
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Afluria® Quadrivalent Influenza Vaccine Clinical Program Immunogenicity and Safety data Jane Leong
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Consumer knowledge, attitudes and behaviours regarding the national shingles vaccination program Jennifer O'Dea
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Management of a meningococcal ACWY vaccination program using an incident management system Robyn Gibbs
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Meningococcal carriage in first year university students in South Australia Mark McMillan
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New tools to detect adverse events following immunisation Evelyn Tay