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Maintaining current rates of vaccination

The COVID vaccine rollout is certainly moving forward admirably. Authorities are predicting at this rate we might reach our 70% target in November and the 80% target by the end of the year

Expert/s: Dr Linda Calabresi

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

What will it take to increase vaccination rates?

We now have the target. We know we need to get up around the 70-80% mark in terms of vaccination coverage before we can start to think about getting back to some semblance of normality here in Australia.

Expert/s: Dr Linda Calabresi

Infectious diseases

Podcasts

COVID update – Delta crisis update, new ATAGI advice, vaccination for children & pregnant women – Lecture

Clarification surrounding the confusion on the COVID vaccines - what is the latest recommendation on the jab intervals, age range for AZ vaccine, and the risk-benefit considerations, and which vaccine works against which variant.

Expert/s: A/Prof Nicholas Wood

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

Who’s up for a booster?

You might think that after the phenomenal effort general practice has put in to vaccinate the Australian population against COVID, that they’d be entitled to say ‘let someone else do the boosters.’

Expert/s: Dr Linda Calabresi

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

Report: Three New Estimates of India’s All-Cause Excess Mortality during the COVID-19 Pandemic

India lacks an authoritative estimate of the death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic. We report excess mortality estimates from three different data sources from the pandemic’s start through June 2021.

Expert/s: Healthed

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

COVID-19 Vaccinations: Should it be mandatory in general practice?

The vast majority of Australian GPs believe that COVID vaccination should be mandatory for all those who work in general practice.

Expert/s: Dr Linda Calabresi

Infectious diseases

Podcasts

COVID update – Pfizer myocarditis, delta crisis, AZ clots & bleeds, boosters & more – Lecture

Practical understanding of the risk-benefit considerations as well as an update on AZ clots and bleeds.

Expert/s: Prof Nigel Crawford

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

Reliable information on COVID vaccine required for Aussie GPs

As millions of extra Pfizer vaccines arrive on our doorstep, information on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout remains cloudy.

Expert/s: Dr Linda Calabresi

Infectious diseases

Videos

Q fever: Administering the vaccine

In this Product Explainer, Dr Stephen Graves, Microbiologist and Medical Director of the Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory, explains the role of the Q fever vaccination, how it is administered and when it should be used. (5 mins).

Expert/s: Dr Stephen Graves

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

How can younger Australians decide about the AstraZeneca vaccine? A GP explains

It has been a wild week for public messaging about the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine — baffling both for the public and for general practitioners like me.

Expert/s: Dr Brett Montgomery

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

Non-COVID vaccines in the COVID era

If you’re like the majority of general practices in Australia, you will be flat out juggling consents, documents and actual jabs be it AstraZeneca and/or Pfizer in the quest to conquer COVID.

Expert/s: Dr Linda Calabresi

Infectious diseases

Clinical Articles

GPs leading by example

Well, if nothing else, it looks as though GPs are ready to race through to stage 4 of the COVID recovery plan.

Expert/s: Dr Linda Calabresi

Infectious diseases

Maintaining current rates of vaccination

The COVID vaccine rollout is certainly moving forward admirably. Authorities are predicting at this rate we might reach our 70% target in November and the 80% target by the end of the year

What will it take to increase vaccination rates?

We now have the target. We know we need to get up around the 70-80% mark in terms of vaccination coverage before we can start to think about getting back to some semblance of normality here in Australia.

COVID update – Delta crisis update, new ATAGI advice, vaccination for children & pregnant women – Lecture

Clarification surrounding the confusion on the COVID vaccines - what is the latest recommendation on the jab intervals, age range for AZ vaccine, and the risk-benefit considerations, and which vaccine works against which variant.

Who’s up for a booster?

You might think that after the phenomenal effort general practice has put in to vaccinate the Australian population against COVID, that they’d be entitled to say ‘let someone else do the boosters.’

Report: Three New Estimates of India’s All-Cause Excess Mortality during the COVID-19 Pandemic

India lacks an authoritative estimate of the death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic. We report excess mortality estimates from three different data sources from the pandemic’s start through June 2021.

COVID-19 Vaccinations: Should it be mandatory in general practice?

The vast majority of Australian GPs believe that COVID vaccination should be mandatory for all those who work in general practice.

COVID update – Pfizer myocarditis, delta crisis, AZ clots & bleeds, boosters & more – Lecture

Practical understanding of the risk-benefit considerations as well as an update on AZ clots and bleeds.

Reliable information on COVID vaccine required for Aussie GPs

As millions of extra Pfizer vaccines arrive on our doorstep, information on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout remains cloudy.

Q fever: Administering the vaccine

In this Product Explainer, Dr Stephen Graves, Microbiologist and Medical Director of the Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory, explains the role of the Q fever vaccination, how it is administered and when it should be used. (5 mins).

How can younger Australians decide about the AstraZeneca vaccine? A GP explains

It has been a wild week for public messaging about the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine — baffling both for the public and for general practitioners like me.

Non-COVID vaccines in the COVID era

If you’re like the majority of general practices in Australia, you will be flat out juggling consents, documents and actual jabs be it AstraZeneca and/or Pfizer in the quest to conquer COVID.

GPs leading by example

Well, if nothing else, it looks as though GPs are ready to race through to stage 4 of the COVID recovery plan.

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The COVID vaccine rollout is certainly moving forward admirably. Authorities are predicting at this rate we might reach our 70% target in November and the 80% target by the end of the year

We now have the target. We know we need to get up around the 70-80% mark in terms of vaccination coverage before we can start to think about getting back to some semblance of normality here in Australia.

Clarification surrounding the confusion on the COVID vaccines - what is the latest recommendation on the jab intervals, age range for AZ vaccine, and the risk-benefit considerations, and which vaccine works against which variant.

You might think that after the phenomenal effort general practice has put in to vaccinate the Australian population against COVID, that they’d be entitled to say ‘let someone else do the boosters.’

India lacks an authoritative estimate of the death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic. We report excess mortality estimates from three different data sources from the pandemic’s start through June 2021.

The vast majority of Australian GPs believe that COVID vaccination should be mandatory for all those who work in general practice.

Practical understanding of the risk-benefit considerations as well as an update on AZ clots and bleeds.

As millions of extra Pfizer vaccines arrive on our doorstep, information on the COVID-19 vaccine rollout remains cloudy.

In this Product Explainer, Dr Stephen Graves, Microbiologist and Medical Director of the Australian Rickettsial Reference Laboratory, explains the role of the Q fever vaccination, how it is administered and when it should be used. (5 mins).

It has been a wild week for public messaging about the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine — baffling both for the public and for general practitioners like me.

If you’re like the majority of general practices in Australia, you will be flat out juggling consents, documents and actual jabs be it AstraZeneca and/or Pfizer in the quest to conquer COVID.

Well, if nothing else, it looks as though GPs are ready to race through to stage 4 of the COVID recovery plan.

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