Queensland’s Health Minister, Shannon Fentiman, has announced the state will host a Vaccination Summit to address barriers to immunisation.
According to statistics, only around 30 per cent of Queenslanders get vaccinated against influenza each year.
Around 93% of Queenslanders were diagnosed with influenza during this year’s flu season.
The Vaccination Summit will bring together preventable disease and immunisation experts, patients and families, pharmacists, and medical clinicians to discuss how best to boost vaccination rates and how to combat vaccine fatigue.
The Summit will also discuss whether the National Immunisation Program Schedule could or should be expanded, and how best to inform the public of the benefits of immunisation.
