Immunisation Coalition: 2024 Influenza webinar
这 Immunisation Coalition will hold its 2024 Influenza webinar on Wednesday 3 April 2024, from 6:00 pm–7:00 pm.
This annual update is intended for GPs, nurse practitioners, pharmacists and other immunisation professionals. The webinar will be presented by Angela Newbound.
Learn more and register on the Immunisation Coalition event page.
Queensland Specialist Immunisation Service: Paediatric Immunisation Skills Workshop
Children’s Health Queensland’s Specialist Immunisation Service is hosting a Paediatric Immunisation Skills Workshop on 3 May 2024.
Topics to be covered include:
- comfort positioning and giving multiple vaccines
- procedural anxiety and distraction techniques
- vaccine hesitancy conversations
- the National Immunisation Program and catching up vaccination
- anaphylaxis, adverse events and reporting.
Read more and register.
Immunisation Coalition: 25th Annual Scientific Meeting conference recordings
The Immunisation Coalition’s 25th Annual Scientific Meeting was held from 4 to 5 February 2024.
The meeting was chaired by A/Prof Lou Irving from the Royal Melbourne Hospital and covered topics including Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, Economics and Long-Term Implications of Vaccines, Primary Care and Vaccination, and Respiratory Virus Vaccines.
The Immunisation Coalition has published all the keynote presentations and sessions on their website. Presentations can be viewed on the Immunisation Coalition’s 25th Annual Scientific Meeting event page.
Immunisation Coalition: Influenza / COVID-19 / RSV webinar series
The Immunisation Coalition is hosting a series of 3 webinars on common vaccine-preventable respiratory viruses over the next three months, to be held on:
- 17 April 2024
- 22 May 2024
- 19 June 2024
These will include parent discussions on how the influenza, COVID-19 and RSV season is progressing and strategies around increasing vaccination rates.
Find out more and register on the Immunisation Coalition event page.
CVU mini: Save the date
Please save the date for MVEC’s next CVU mini to be held on Friday 21 June 2024.
The CVU mini will focus on RSV preventative therapies.
This half-day, face-to-face event offers healthcare professionals the opportunity to hear from leading experts on the latest in RSV prevention.
Learn more, including topics and speakers, on our event page and stay tuned for more details.
Read about RSV on the MVEC：呼吸道合胞病毒（RSV） reference page.
Immunisation Coalition: 2024 HPV webinar
这 Immunisation Coalition will hold its annual update on human papillomavirus (HPV) on Wednesday 13 March.
The webinar will be held from 6:00 p.m.–7 p.m. (AEDT) and features Angela Newbound as presenter and Dr Andrew Minton as moderator.
Find out more and register on the Immunisation Coalition’s event page.
NCIRS: Upcoming webinars on respiratory disease
In March, the 国家免疫研究和监测中心 (NCIRS) will hold two webinars in their ‘Preventing respiratory disease in 2024’ series: on RSV on Thursday 7 March and on influenza on Wednesday 27 March.
Learn more and register for ‘RSV vaccines for the protection of older adults’
Thursday 7 March at 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Learn more and register for ‘Influenza and COVID-19 vaccination update’
Wednesday 27 March at 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Catch up on ‘New RSV vaccine and antibody to prevent disease in infants’
Held on Tuesday 27 February, recording now available
Immunisation Coalition: 2024 Meningococcal webinar
The Immunisation Coalition will host the 2024 Meningococcal webinar on Tuesday 20 February.
The webinar will provide an update on invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in the community, and features Prof Robert Booy with Dr Andrew Baird as moderator.
When: 6:00 pm EDT on 20 February 2024
Learn more about the webinar and register through the Immunisation Coalition.
OPTIONS XII for the Control of Influenza: Abstract submissions open
OPTIONS for the Control of Influenza is a global scientific meeting with a dedicated focus on influenza. OPTIONS XII will be held in Brisbane from Sunday 29 September to Wednesday 2 October 2024.
Highlights of this year’s conference include focuses on:
- Pacific Island and First Nations health
- Interdisciplinary science
- Knowledge exchange and networking
- Policy and advocacy.
Abstracts submission is now open. Abstracts must be submitted by Friday 5 April 2024.
Learn more about OPTIONS XII and abstract submission on the OPTIONS XII website.
Save the date for MVEC's Immunisation Skills Workshop
Save the date – MVEC will be holding an Immunisation Skills Workshop in Melbourne on Friday 15 March 2024.
More details about the workshop, including information about the program and tickets, will be made available closer to the event. Registration will open in early February.
Read more at Immunisation Skills Workshop – Friday 15 March 2024