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Prof Peter Richmond

Consultant Paediatric Immunologist & Paediatrician, Perth Children’s Hospital. Head, Department of Immunology, Child & Adolescent Health Service WA. Director, Vaccine Trials Group, Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines & Infectious Diseases, The Kids Research Institute Australia.
Professor Peter Richmond is a Consultant Paediatric Immunologist and Paediatrician at Perth Children’s Hospital and is Head of the Immunology Department at the Child and Adolescent Health Service in WA. He also heads the Vaccine Trials Group within the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases at The Kids Research Institute Australia, and is Head of the Discipline of Paediatrics at the University of Western Australia Medical School. His major research interests are in the prevention of meningitis, pneumonia, respiratory infections and otitis media. He has authored over 300 scientific publications in these areas and has worked in vaccine research for over 25 years.

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In this Product Explainer, Paediatrician and Paediatric Immunologist Prof Peter Richmond explains how Meningococcal serogroup B (MenB) disease remains the most common cause of IMD in children, adolescents and young adults, and provides an overview of the real-world evidence for MenB vaccines, and conversation strategies for use with families in general practice (6 mins).

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In this Product Explainer, Paediatrician and Paediatric Immunologist A/Prof Peter Richmond explains which patients are most at risk for meningococcal B, the risk reduction benefits of meningococcal B vaccination and why it is important to have conversations with parents in which the risk/benefits of vaccination are clearly explained (5 mins).

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In this Product Explainer, Paediatrician and Paediatric Immunologist Prof Peter Richmond explains how Meningococcal serogroup B (MenB) disease remains the most common cause of IMD in children, adolescents and young adults, and provides an overview of the real-world evidence for MenB vaccines, and conversation strategies for use with families in general practice (6 mins).

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The incidence of meningitis in adolescents and young people

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