ATAGI 2021 Annual Statement on Immunisation

Last updated: 19 September 2021

Authors

  • Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) secretariat, Immunisation Branch, Australian Government Department of Health, GPO Box 9848 – MDP 13, Canberra ACT 2601
  • Catherine Tran National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Clayton Chiu National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Allen C. Cheng Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation, Department of Health, Australian Government, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; Infection Prevention and Healthcare Epidemiology Unit, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Nigel W Crawford Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation, Department of Health, Australian Government, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; Department of General Paediatrics, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Infection and Immunity, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Michelle L Giles Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation, Department of Health, Australian Government, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Kristine K Macartney National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation, Department of Health, Australian Government, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Christopher C Blyth Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation, Department of Health, Australian Government, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute and School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, Perth Children’s Hospital and PathWest Laboratory Medicine, QEII Medical Centre, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.60

Keywords:

Immunisation, Vaccines, Australia

Abstract

The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) 2021 Annual Statement on Immunisation is the first publication in this series. It highlights the key successes, trends and challenges in the use of vaccines and control of vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) in Australia in 2020. It also signals ATAGI’s priority actions for addressing key issues for 2021 and beyond.

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28/10/21

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Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation, Catherine Tran, Clayton Chiu, Allen C. Cheng, Nigel W Crawford, Michelle L Giles, Kristine K Macartney, and Christopher C Blyth. 2021. “ATAGI 2021 Annual Statement on Immunisation: Last Updated: 19 September 2021”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 45 (October). https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2021.45.60.

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