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Financial Interventions to Increase Vaccine CoverageRecent vaccine mandates in Australia, as in other high income settings, have sought to change the behavior of parents, including those who would otherwise access nonmedical exemptions. Since 2014, Australian state governments have introduced and progressively tightened policies restricting the access of unvaccinated children to early education and child care.
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Dr Janessa PickeringDr Janessa Pickering is a research microbiologist with expertise in the molecular diagnostics and host pathogen interactions of upper respiratory tract pathogens that cause disease in children.
Learn more about the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases
To improve the health of the community through immunisation and prevention of infectious diseases, we are conducting clinical trials of vaccines.
The CHIP Study investigates how burn injuries in children affect their immune system.
Allergies have been on the rise in Australia over the past 20 years, with three out of every 10 babies born each year now developing a food-related
Contact us If you'd like to get in touch, please contact us by phone or email. Phone: 0400 450 240 Email: vtg@thekids.org.au The Vaccine Trials Group
CMVictory: finding a vaccine for cytomegalovirus, a serious virus for unborn babies
Māori and Pacific governance groups discuss and inform study protocols and issues that have arisen during the study, particularly those pertaining to Māori and Pacific ARF patients and their whānau.
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Hep C can be cured, but many people are still not being treatedPeople living with hepatitis C in WA are being urged to take part in a new project, aimed at encouraging the take-up of treatment.