RSV Awareness Week: 7–13 June 2026

Save the date: 7–13 June is RSV Awareness Week! This year’s theme will be “Don’t Let Them Go Unprotected” – a call to protect Australia’s most vulnerable from severe RSV. 

Learn more about RSV Awareness Week on the Immunisation Foundation of Australia’s (IFA) campaign website.

Learn more about RSV disease transmission, epidemiology and prevention at MVEC: RSV.


New immunisation reference page: Discoloured leg syndrome

MVEC has published a new immunisation reference page on the rare phenomenon of discoloured leg syndrome (DLS). DLS is a transient condition that can occur after an individual receives an injected vaccine. 

The new reference page includes information on DLS diagnosis, association and incidence, treatment, and implications for future vaccine doses. 

MVEC: Discoloured leg syndrome


Updated immunisation reference page: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

MVEC has recently updated its RSV immunisation reference page to reflect the upcoming addition of RSV vaccination for older adults to the National Immunisation Program (NIP).

The updated page includes details on RSV vaccines (for adults only, there are no vaccines registered for infants/children) and monoclonal antibodies, as well as information on disease transmission and epidemiology.

एमवीईसी: रेस्पिरेटरी सिंकाइटियल वायरस (आरएसवी)


Immunisation workshop in Mongolia

MVEC Director Prof Nigel Crawford and Education Nurse Coordinator Rachael McGuire recently travelled to Mongolia as part of a workshop with Mongolia’s National Immunization Technical Advisory Group (NITAG) and Ministry of Health.

Facilitating with colleagues from Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and the University of Melbourne, the 5-day program focused on NITAG strengthening, optimising न्यूमोकोकल prevention and response, health economics, vaccine safety, and communication. 

The international collaboration and support for evidence-based immunisation policy was a wonderful way to celebrate World Immunization Week! We look forward to the ongoing collaboration and continued learning. 

This project was supported by the Gates Foundation. Thank you to UNICEF for the invitation.


एमवीईसी के बारे में

मेलबोर्न वैक्सीन एजुकेशन सेंटर (एमवीईसी) एक शैक्षिक वेबसाइट है, जिसे स्वास्थ्य सेवा पेशेवरों और जनता के सदस्यों दोनों के लिए अद्यतित टीकाकरण जानकारी प्रदान करने के उद्देश्य से विकसित किया गया है। हम मर्डोक चिल्ड्रन्स रिसर्च इंस्टीट्यूट (MCRI), एक शोध संगठन पर आधारित हैं, और SAEFVIC (समुदाय में टीकाकरण के बाद प्रतिकूल घटनाओं की निगरानी), विक्टोरियन वैक्सीन सुरक्षा सेवा से संबद्ध हैं।