SA vaccinology update – videos now available

Posted on Dec 5 2016 by admin

The 2016 SA Vaccinology Update was held on Wednesday 16th December at the National Wine Centre. This event was co-hosted by the Robinson Research Institute, SAHMRI, SA Health and the Women’s and Children’s Hospital Network.

The videos are now available for each of the three sessions – follow the links below to watch these videos and feel free to share.

Session 1: Presentations include:

  • Opening address and Welcome to Country (A/Prof Helen Marshall, Dr Lewis O’Brien & Prof Paddy Phillips),
  • Are we ready for the next pandemic? (Prof Chris Baggoley),
  • Immunisation in special risk groups (Dr Jim Buttery) and
  • Zika Virus infection – should we be worried? (Dr Peter Muller)

Session 2: Presentations include:

  • Immunisation Update (Melissa Peall),
  • VaxSMS app immunisation reminders: is it a case of happy ever after? (Mark McMillan),
  • Changes to the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Immunisation Register (Michael Griffiths & Tracie Hibbard), and
  • Mastering no jab no pay (Angela Newbound)

Session 3: Presentations include:

  • The South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Meningococcal B vaccine in adolescents project (A/Prof Helen Marshall),
  • Immunisation in the elderly (Prof Robert Booy), and
  • Development of new interventions to address vaccine hesitancy (Dr Margie Danchin)
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