National Immunisation Strategy for Australia 2025–2030
The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing recently published Australia’s latest 5-year national immunisation strategy, to increase and sustain immunisation uptake in Australia.
The strategy defines 6 priority areas:
- improve access to immunisation, with a focus on equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other priority populations
- build trust, understanding and acceptance of immunisation in communities
- use data more effectively to target immunisation strategies and monitor performance
- strengthen the immunisation workforce
- harness new technologies to respond to the evolving communicable disease and vaccine landscape
- implement sustainable reform in vaccine program governance, program delivery and accountability.
Read the strategy in full on the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing website.
Immunisation Coalition: 2025 COVID-19 webinar
Các Immunisation Coalition will host its 2025 COVID-19 Webinar on 23 July 2025. Moderated by Dr Andrew Minton, the webinar will feature Prof Gary Grohmann.
Ngày: 23 July 2025
Thời gian: 6:00–7:00 pm AEST
Learn more and register on the Immunisation Coalition event page.
Immunisation Coalition: Navigating newborn and infant RSV immunisation in general practice webinar
On 22 July, the Immunisation Coalition will host a webinar on RSV immunisation in newborns and eligible infants in their second RSV season. Chaired by Prof Peter Richmond, the webinar will feature Dr Sarah Chu and Dr Leon Levitt.
Ngày: 22 July 2025
Thời gian: 7:00–8:00 pm AEST
Learn more and register on the Immunisation Coalition event page.
PBC Baby Expo: MVEC with Immunisation Foundation of Australia
Các Immunisation Foundation of Australia (IFA) will be present at the upcoming Melbourne Pregnancy Babies and Children’s Expo on Saturday 12 July and Sunday 13 July.
IFA will be handing out immunisation booklets and other goodies. Representatives from MVEC will join IFA at the expo – come and say hi!
Dates: 12 and 13 July 2025
Thời gian: 10 am – 4 pm each day
Vị trí: Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
PBC Baby Expo information and tickets
Academy of Child and Adolescent Health: Primary Care Workshop
Tickets are available now for the Academy of Child and Adolescent Health (ACAH) Primary Care Workshop: A Paediatric Update to be held on 17 July.
Designed for primary care physicians, the workshop features 5 topics:
- Common rashes in paediatrics
- Paediatric respiratory infection and vaccination update (presented by MVEC director Prof Nigel Crawford)
- Adolescent medicine for the primary care practitioner
- Paediatric travel medicine
- Panel discussion: Common cases in paediatrics.
Ngày: 17 July 2025
Thời gian: 5:30–8:30 pm AEST
Vị trí: online
Learn more and register on the ACAH website.
NEJM: Measles 2025
A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) reviews the current epidemiology of measles and addresses recommendations for prevention.
The authors note that the recommended age for the first dose of measles-containing vaccine depends on the waning of maternal antibodies and the risk of measles exposure. The review highlights immunity gaps in young infants, and examines the utility of an early or additional vaccine dose for more effective protection.
Đọc bài viết đầy đủ ở đây: Do LAH, Mulholland K. Measles 2025. N Engl J Med. Published online June 25, 2025. doi:10.1056/NEJMra2504516
WHO: Measles case data for the Western Pacific Region
TGA: Correct administration of RSV vaccine and antibody products
Các Quản lý hàng hóa trị liệu (TGA) has recently published a safety update with advice on how to avoid errors when administering RSV vaccine and antibody products.
The advice has been published in response to reports of administration errors. The article reminds prescribers and providers that each product is indicated for different patient groups, includes a summary of RSV products and administration errors, and provides advice for preventing errors.
MVEC recently published an error alert on RSV products, which outlines RSV errors reported in Victoria. This alert summarises error prevention, and procedures to follow in the event of an error.
Read the TGA article in full
MVEC: Virus hợp bào hô hấp (RSV)
MVEC: Vaccine errors: prevention, management and open disclosure (eLearning course)
MVEC: Flyers for ‘Abrysvo for pregnant people’ flyer
New MVEC website section: Flyers
We are excited to share that you can now access some of MVEC’s most popular infographic resources on our website. MVEC regularly posts vaccine education on social media, including visual content that was previously only viewable on Instagram @mvecau.
In our new Flyers section of the MVEC Media library, download A4 PDF versions of popular graphics.
NIP: Change to measles-containing vaccine supply
From 1 July 2025, there are new arrangements for the supply of measles-containing vaccines under the Chương trình Tiêm chủng Quốc gia (NIP). Whereas previously both GSK and CLS supplied these vaccines, now only GSK will supply them.
Vaccine providers cannot place new orders for CSL’s M-M-R II (MMR) or Varivax (varicella). But existing stock should still be used until it either expires or runs out.
Providers can now only order GSK’s Priorix (MMR), Priorix-Tetra (MMR) and Varilrix (varicella).
NCIRS: Australian Vaccinology Course
Applications for the upcoming National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance Australia (NCIRS) vaccinology course will close on Sunday 29 June 2025. The three-day in-person course will be held in Sydney from 28–30 August, with options to attend days 1 and 2, day 3 only, or all three days.
Learn more and apply on the NCIRS website.