Forum aims
Building on the success of our 2017 forum, the 3rd Adult Immunisation Forum aimed:
Overall:
To have a greater understanding of adult immunisation.
Specifically:
- To better understand the burden of vaccine preventable diseases in adults.
- To build an awareness of the challenges and strategies for improved vaccination in adults.
- To hear of the latest developments in vaccination programs for all adults.
- To consider ways of improving knowledge about immunisation best practice.
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Session 1: Adult vaccination - an overview
Monitoring of immunisation and outcomes
- Presented by Shelly McNeil
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Effective immunisation implementation strategies in adults
- Presented by Rod Pearce
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Session 2: The challenge of vaccination in older persons
Elderly immunisation/immunosenescence
- Presented by Janet McElhaney
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Epidemiology of pneumococcal disease post PCV13
- Presented by Robert Menzies
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Epidemiology of pneumococcal disease in indigenous population in post 13vPCV era
- Presented by Sanjay Jayasinghe
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Australian Immunisation Register (AIR)
- Presented by Hope Peisley
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Zoster update
- Presented by John Litt
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Session 3: Vaccination of younger adults
Influenza and pregnancy
- Presented by Paul Van Buynder
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Meningococcal B, W & Y
- Presented by Robert Booy
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Online education – Benchmarque
- Presented by Drew Sutherland
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