Immunisation coverage annual report, 2007
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https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2009.33.16Keywords:
immunisation coverage, immunisation delay, small area coverage reportingAbstract
This report, provided by the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases (NCIRS), is the first annual immunisation coverage report. It includes information on important trends and significant issues including overall immunisation coverage by Indigenous status and for individual vaccines in the National Immunisation Program (NIP), the timeliness of immunisation and immunisation coverage mapping in smaller geographic areas.
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