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Wonderful to meet with Dr Ofa & colleagues from the MOH ahead of our Vaccine Champions co-design meeting tomorrow to tailor the program to the needs of Tonga to address concerns, misinformation and coverage gaps ⁦Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺⁩ ⁦Jessica Kaufman⁩ ⁦Belle Overmars⁩ ⁦👇

An amazing codesign session today with key immunisation and community stakeholders, as part of the Vaccine Champions Program adaption in Tonga - Malo ‘aupito! Prof Margie Danchin Jessica Kaufman Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺

Kicking off the Vaccine Champions Program in Soc Tran, Vietnam today with ⁦UNICEF Viet Nam⁩ ⁦Woolcock Institute of Medical Research⁩ 🇻🇳 supported by Aust Regional Immunisation Alliance, ⁦Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)⁩ ⁦Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺⁩ ⁦NCIRS⁩ ⁦Jessica Kaufman⁩ ⁦Belle Overmars⁩ 👇

There’s no báhn mì better than the “truth báhn mì” - the Vaccine Champions Program in Viet Nam’s take on the truth sandwich. Actually, maybe just this one. Jessica Kaufman Prof Margie Danchin

Day 2 of the Vaccine Champions program in Soc Tran, Vietnam - kicking off with a role play addressing vaccine concerns in groups of 3 👇🇻🇳 ⁦Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺⁩ ⁦⁦Woolcock Institute of Medical Research⁩ ⁦UNICEF⁩ ⁦Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)⁩ ⁦NCIRS⁩

Day 3 of the Vaccine Champions program in Soc Trang 🇻🇳 with recently trained provincial HCWs already running their own sessions training diverse groups of vaccine champions to advocate for vaccines, answer questions and address misinfo in their communes 👏⁦UNICEF Viet Nam⁩

Great to see the Vaccine Champions program being showcased at #VARN2023 So proud to be part of this program of work led by Prof Margie Danchin Jessica Kaufman Belle Overmars from Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) with input from Julie Leask AO @JaneFrawley and many others! (1/2)

Great way to kick off the publichealthaus.bsky.social #cdic2023 in Boorloo (Perth) today - an update from the virtual Mark Butler about commitments from the Aus budget to make (1) vax delivery available through pharmacies and (2) shingles vax available for high risk community members

Thanks Collaboration on Social Science and Immunisation Joshua Karras for putting on a great early career event where we were lucky to speak with Australian social science experts and hear about their pivotal moments in their careers - cheers!!

Kiya Shipley speaks about their incredible work adapting the SKAI resource for providers to engage with First Nations families - available on the NCIRS website

Huyen Thi Nguyen presents on measles notifications at the National Hospital in Vietnam 2017-19. Most cases were in those under <9m old who were ineligible for the vaccine - and a large number were hospital acquired.

Belle Overmars discussing the themes found in community discussions surrounding immunisation behaviour in Fiji during the #BIRD study Feelings of being coerced into the primary dose by the health mandate led to high reluctance to access booster doses #CDIC23 #PHAA

Such an important study looking at the social and behavioural drivers of vaccine uptake in Fiji. Belle Overmars #CDIC2023 @JaneFrawley

Embedding standards for the conduct of Aboriginal health research into all stages of the job - created and presented by the Telethon Institute today at publichealthaus.bsky.social #cdic2023 by Cheryl Bridge & Jacinta Walton. Imaged grabbed from the Telethon website.

Todays #CDIC2023 plenary speaker Eve Dubé just gave a shout out to the the Australian immunisation social scientists, for being leaders in their field! Collaboration on Social Science and Immunisation Too many to mention but you know who you are!!

Session on vaccinating priority populations showed the success of programs that were tailored and culturally safe, including outreach and convenient services, disseminated translated information, utilising multilingual staff, and providing info in multiple formats #cdic2023

Very proud of my team & PhD students on presenting their work to understand the social & behavioral drivers of vaccine uptake and the role of multi-component interventions in LMICs and vaccine champions at #CDIC2023 ⁦⁦publichealthaus.bsky.social⁩ ⁦Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)⁩ ⁦UNICEF⁩ 👇

I'm honoured and privileged to be able to present my short abstract, using native language and interactive social media tools to promote vaccines in Fiji, which was accepted for #CDIC2023 in Perth Australia. Thanks to Kylie Jenkins, Prof Margie Danchin Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) and Julie Leask AO

I’m so grateful for the opportunity to attend this conference with such amazing people. #CDIC2023 Prof Margie Danchin Belle Overmars Jessica Kaufman

Murdoch Children's Vaccine Champions Prog empowers community leaders to become #vaccine advocates. Recent efforts by Prof Margie Danchin Belle Overmars & Jessica Kaufman in #Fiji helped promote #healthliteracy & ⬆️#vaccination rates. 🔗mcri.edu.au/research/proje… youtube.com/watch?v=0rFWCk…