Episodes

  • Vaccines and the immune system with Doctor Linny Kimly Phuong

    Vaccines and the immune system with Doctor Linny Kimly Phuong
    Mar 14 2024
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    The Melbourne Vaccine Education Centre (MVEC) is based at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. We are not-for-profit, and are supported by the Victorian Department of Health. We are verified as a reliable source of vaccine information by the World Health Organization through their Vaccine Safety Net.

    This episode was recorded at The Royal Children’s Hospital Creative Studios with the assistance of Podcast Recording Services.

    This podcast was made possible through the 2023 GSK Immunisation Award, presented at the Public Health Association of Australia’s (PHAA) Communicable Diseases and Immunisation Conference in 2023.MVEC has complete control over the content presented, and is independent of GSK and PHAA.

    Visit the MVEC website
    Subscribe to our newsletter (for healthcare professionals)
    Follow us on Instagram and Facebook
    Visit the MVEC Education Portal

    More resources:
    • SAEFVIC (Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination In the Community): The central reporting service in Victoria for any significant adverse event following immunisation
    • National Immunisation Program
    • Better Health Channel: Immune system explained
    • MVEC: Immunosuppression and vaccines
    • MVEC animation: How the immune system works
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    22 mins
  • Rolling out a vaccine in Australia with Professor Jim Buttery and Professor Nigel Crawford

    Rolling out a vaccine in Australia with Professor Jim Buttery and Professor Nigel Crawford
    Mar 7 2024
    The Melbourne Vaccine Education Centre (MVEC) is based at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. We are not-for-profit, and are supported by the Victorian Department of Health. We are verified as a reliable source of vaccine information by the World Health Organization through their Vaccine Safety Net.

    This episode was recorded at The Royal Children’s Hospital Creative Studios with the assistance of Podcast Recording Services.

    This podcast was made possible through the 2023 GSK Immunisation Award, presented at the Public Health Association of Australia’s (PHAA) Communicable Diseases and Immunisation Conference in 2023.MVEC has complete control over the content presented, and is independent of GSK and PHAA.

    Visit the MVEC website
    Subscribe to our newsletter (for healthcare professionals)
    Follow us on Instagram and Facebook
    Visit the MVEC Education Portal

    More resources:
    • SAEFVIC (Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination In the Community)
    • National Immunisation Program
    • ATAGI
    • PBAC (The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee)
    • MVEC: Development and registration of vaccines
    • Raising Children Network
    • @unimelb_health TikTok account
    Visit our podcast page on the MVEC website for a full list of groups and organisation mentioned in this episode of The Vaccine Coverage.
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    27 mins
  • Busting vaccines myths with Nurse Practitioner Sonja Elia

    Busting vaccines myths with Nurse Practitioner Sonja Elia
    Feb 29 2024
    The Melbourne Vaccine Education Centre (MVEC) is based at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. We are not-for-profit, and are supported by the Victorian Department of Health. We are verified as a reliable source of vaccine information by the World Health Organization through their Vaccine Safety Net.

    This episode was recorded at The Royal Children’s Hospital Creative Studios with the assistance of Podcast Recording Services.

    This podcast was made possible through the 2023 GSK Immunisation Award, presented at the Public Health Association of Australia’s (PHAA) Communicable Diseases and Immunisation Conference in 2023. MVEC has complete control over the content presented, and is independent of GSK and PHAA.

    Visit the MVEC website
    Subscribe to our newsletter (for healthcare professionals)
    Follow us on Instagram and Facebook
    Visit the MVEC Education Portal

    More resources:
    • SAEFVIC (Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination In the Community): The central reporting service in Victoria for any significant adverse event following immunisation
    • National Immunisation Program
    • Victorian Department of Health
    • NCRIS (The National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance)
    • MVEC: Vaccine confidence
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    21 mins
  • How the body responds to a vaccine with Doctor Teresa Lazzaro

    How the body responds to a vaccine with Doctor Teresa Lazzaro
    Feb 29 2024
    The Melbourne Vaccine Education Centre (MVEC) is based at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. We are not-for-profit, and are supported by the Victorian Department of Health. We are verified as a reliable source of vaccine information by the World Health Organization through their Vaccine Safety Net.

    This episode was recorded at The Royal Children’s Hospital Creative Studios with the assistance of Podcast Recording Services.

    This podcast was made possible through the 2023 GSK Immunisation Award, presented at the Public Health Association of Australia’s (PHAA) Communicable Diseases and Immunisation Conference in 2023. MVEC has complete control over the content presented, and is independent of GSK and PHAA.

    Visit the MVEC website
    Subscribe to our newsletter (for healthcare professionals)
    Follow us on Instagram and Facebook
    Visit the MVEC Education Portal

    More resources:
    • SAEFVIC (Surveillance of Adverse Events Following Vaccination In the Community): The central reporting service in Victoria for any significant adverse event following immunisation
    • National Immunisation Program
    • MVEC: Adverse event reporting throughout Australia
    • MVEC: Injection site reactions
    • MVEC: Allergy and immunisation
    • Department of Health and Aged Care: Comparison of the effects of diseases and the side effects of vaccines on the National Immunisation Program
    • Nurse On Call
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    21 mins