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NCIRS: Webinar – Shingrix

November 2, 2023
|In Show all, Education
|By Alice Black

The National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS) is hosting a webinar on Australia’s new National Immunisation Program (NIP) shingles (zoster) vaccine, Shingrix, to be held on Tuesday 7 November 2023 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm (AEDT). 

Leading experts will present on: 

  • the disease burden of shingles in Australia 
  • details about Shingrix 
  • the new Australian Shingrix vaccination program 
  • the US experience of implementing a national Shingrix program. 

Register with NCIRS

MVEC: Zoster (shingles)

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The Melbourne Vaccine Education Centre (MVEC) is an educational website, developed with the aim of providing up-to-date immunisation information for both healthcare professionals and members of the public. We are based at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), a research organisation, and are affiliated with SAEFVIC (Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination in the Community), the Victorian Vaccine Safety Service.

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