Bianca F. Middleton

Dec 11, 2024 | medicalxpress.com | Archana Koirala |Bianca F. Middleton |Fiona Russell |Katrina Clark |Sophie Wen

Australia has a successful adolescent immunization program, routinely achieving high vaccine coverage for teenagers. However, recent data shows the number of Australian teens receiving the recommended vaccines for their age group has fallen over three years during the COVID pandemic. So how much have adolescent vaccination rates dropped, and why might this be? And how can we get back on track?

Dec 10, 2024 | theconversation.com | Archana Koirala |Bianca F. Middleton |Fiona Russell |Katrina Clark |Sophie Wen

Archana Koirala is the chair of Vaccination Special Interest Group of the Australasian Society of Infectious Diseases. Bianca Middleton is a member of Vaccination Special Interest Group of the Australasian Society of Infectious Diseases. She is an investigator on several research studies funded by NHMRC, and also an investigator on an industry-sponsored clinical vaccine trial. She does not receive any direct funding from industry.