Investigators: Chris Blyth, Hannah Moore, Nick de Klerk, Parveen Fathima, Tom Snelling
In order to optimise the health and cost benefits of Australia’s immunisation program, accurate data are required about how well the program is performing. Currently, information about this is limited. In this study we brought information together, for the first time, for a population of births in WA and NSW on immunisation records, hospital admissions, disease notification records, laboratory records and birth records. We have used this information to accurately determine how many infants and children are receiving their recommended vaccinations on time and if they are working to reduce the amount of infections that infants and young children suffer.
External collaborators:
- Dr Heather Gidding (University of New South Wales)
- Professor Peter McIntyre (National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance)
- Associate Professor Peter Richmond (Princess Margaret Hospital and School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of WA)
- Professor Ross Andrews (Menzies School of Health Research)
- Dr Sarah Sheridan (University of New South Wales)