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Immunisation and Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Immunisation is an important issue for parents, travellers and people who are at risk for some diseases.
The latest edition of the Australian Immunisation Handbook. 9th ed. [Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing] contains the current immunisation schedules.
Follow the links below to find information on immunisation and the diseases that people can be vaccinated against, such as chickenpox, diphtheria, whooping cough, meningococcal disease, hepatitis, haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB), measles, mumps and rubella, poliomyelitis and tetanus.
The Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing maintains the Health Emergency Preparedness and Response website, which has information about the Australian Government's response to communicable disease outbreaks and the spread of disease through bioterrorism attacks.
Updated May 2009
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Links to information about anthrax.
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Links to information on prevention, treatment and risk factors for cervical cancer.
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Links to information about chickenpox (varicella).
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Links to information about cholera.
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Links to information about diphtheria, including vaccination against diphtheria.
Haemophilus Influenzae Type B (HIB)
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Links to information on haemophilus infections, including immunisation for HIB.
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Links to information on the various types of hepatitis infections.
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Links to information on immunisation schedules and issues related to immunising babies.
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Links to information about immunisations required when travelling.
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Links to information about immunisation programs.
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Links to general information on influenza (flu).
Measles, Mumps and German Measles
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Links to information on measles, mumps and german measles (rubella) and immunisation for these diseases.
Meningitis and Meningococcal Infections
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Links to information on the various types of meningitis and meningococcal infections, their causes and symptoms.
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Links to information about pneumococcal disease.
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Links to information on polio, including immunisation against polio, and post polio syndrome.
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Links to information about Q fever.
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Links to information about smallpox.
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Links to information about tetanus.
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Links to information on tuberculosis.
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Links to information on whooping cough, including immunisation.
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| Title: | Statement on Rotavirus vaccines |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | On 17 March 2010 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) notified the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) and other regulatory agencies around the world of a manufacturing quality issue concerning its rotavirus vaccine Rotarix. |
| Date: | May 2010 |
| Title: | Vaccines for preventing rotavirus diarrhoea: vaccines in use |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Rotarix and RotaTeq are effective vaccines for the prevention of rotavirus diarrhoea. The balance between benefit and harm favours benefit. Trials comparing LLR Lanzhou Lamb Rotavirus with placebo should be conducted and the results made available. |
| Date: | May 2010 |
| Title: | Typhoid and paratyphoid fever |
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| Publisher: | Queensland Health |
| Description: | Typhoid and paratyphoid fever are diseases of the intestinal tract caused by the Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella paratyphi bacteria. Typhoid is rare in developed counties. However, where environmental hygiene is poor, as in many developing countries, typhoid is a major public health problem. |
| Date: | May 2010 |
| Title: | Japanese encephalitis |
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| Publisher: | Queensland Health |
| Description: | Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a serious infection of the brain caused by a virus that can be spread by some (but not all) types of mosquitoes. Pigs are important hosts for the virus, allowing it to multiply to very high levels in their blood. Mosquitoes that feed on infected pigs can become infected with the virus. |
| Date: | Apr 2010 |
| Title: | Information for immunisation providers |
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| Publisher: | Medicare Australia |
| Description: | Includes information about the benefits of the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register (ACIR), how to send information to ACIR and accessing the information. |
| Date: | Mar 2010 |
| Title: | General practice immunisation incentive (GPII) |
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| Publisher: | Medicare Australia |
| Description: | The GPII scheme provides financial incentives to GPs that monitor, promote and provide immunisation services to children under the age of seven years. |
| Date: | May 2010 |
| Title: | Infectious Diseases Services |
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| Publisher: | HealthInsite Topic Page |
| Description: | Links to services related to communicable or infectious diseases. |
| Date: | Mar 2010 |
| Title: | Immunisation and diabetes |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Diabetes is a condition characterised by high blood sugar levels. Some researchers have claimed that certain childhood vaccinations can cause diabetes in susceptible children. However, further studies undertaken around the world have found no evidence to support this theory. Delaying vaccination is dangerous because it leaves young children vulnerable to catching serious diseases. |
| Date: | Feb 2010 |
| Title: | Lyssavirus |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Lyssavirus is closely related to the classic rabies virus. The infection is transmitted to humans by bites or scratches from infected flying foxes or bats. Vaccines and post-exposure treatments are effective, but the simplest form of prevention is to avoid handling bats. |
| Date: | Feb 2010 |
| Title: | Australian Rotavirus Surveillance Program annual reports |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | This page contains links to the annual reports of the National Rotavirus Reference Centre from 1999. |
| Date: | Feb 2010 |
| Title: | STI (Sexually Transmitted Infection) protection |
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| Publisher: | Virtual Medical Centre.com |
| Description: | Protecting against sexually transmitted infections (STI): Preventing STIs is much better than treating them, because when diseases are prevented people do not get sick and do not need to access health services which are expensive to provide. |
| Date: | Feb 2010 |
| Title: | Pregnancy - immunisations |
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| Publisher: | Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia) |
| Description: | Immunisation provides protection from some infections that can cause serious illnesses for pregnant women, their unborn babies and young children. |
| Date: | Feb 2010 |
| Title: | Farm safety - handling animals |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Farmers and farm workers can be injured by livestock. Animals are unpredictable, especially during the mating season or when protecting their young. Cattle, pigs, horses and sheep should be treated with caution. Lifting animals can cause injury and animals are capable of transmitting certain diseases. Children should always be supervised around farm animals |
| Date: | Jan 2010 |
| Title: | Immunisation |
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| Publisher: | Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia) |
| Description: | Immunisation is a simple, safe and effective way of protecting your child and yourself against some serious diseases. |
| Date: | Jan 2010 |
| Title: | Media release. Pandemic flu vaccine approved for children |
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| Publisher: | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
| Description: | On 3 December, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approved for registration the Australian-made Panvax H1N1 Vaccine Junior enabling children from 6 months to 9 years of age to be protected against the pandemic H1N1 influenza. |
| Date: | Dec 2009 |
| Title: | Immunisation - common misconceptions |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Immunisation is surrounded by myths and misconceptions. Parents are concerned about vaccine safety and effectiveness. However, the risk of complications from childhood diseases such as measles is much higher than the risk of immunisation reactions. Researchers have not established any link between immunisation and autism, diabetes or sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). |
| Date: | Nov 2009 |
| Title: | Immunisation - childhood |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Immunisation protects a child against the most serious childhood infections. Routine childhood immunisations include diptheria, tetanus, whooping cough (pertussis), polio, rotavirus, chickenpox, measles, mumps and rubella |
| Date: | Aug 2009 |
| Title: | Vaccines for preventing invasive salmonella infections in people with sickle cell disease |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Salmonella organisms are probably second only to pneumococcus among bacterial causes of infection in people with sickle cell disease. Infection with these bacteria can lead to complications and reduce the quality of life of people with the disease and s... |
| Date: | Aug 2009 |
| Title: | Immunisation and pregnancy |
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| Publisher: | Better Health Channel |
| Description: | Immunisation is available to protect a pregnant woman and her unborn baby. Vaccines are available against infectious diseases such as chickenpox, influenza, measles, mumps, rubella, pneumococcal disease, hepatitis B and whooping cough. Immunisation is an important way to prevent the spread of disease. |
| Date: | Jul 2009 |
| Title: | Vaccines for preventing infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Cystic fibrosis is a hereditary disease where thick mucus is produced in the lungs. Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other bacteria cause long-lasting lung infections which result in permanent lung damage. Vaccines aimed at reducing infection with Pseudomonas... |
| Date: | Jun 2009 |
