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. 2013 Jun 30;37(2):E168-74.
doi: 10.33321/cdi.2013.37.23.

A history of adolescent school based vaccination in Australia

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A history of adolescent school based vaccination in Australia

Kirsten Ward et al. Commun Dis Intell Q Rep. .
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Abstract

As adolescents have become an increasingly prominent target group for vaccination, school-based vaccination has emerged as an efficient and effective method of delivering nationally recommended vaccines to this often hard to reach group. School-based delivery of vaccines has occurred in Australia for over 80 years and has demonstrated advantages over primary care delivery for this part of the population. In the last decade school-based vaccination programs have become routine practice across all Australian states and territories. Using existing records and the recollection of experts we have compiled a history of school-based vaccination in Australia, primarily focusing on adolescents.

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