Community-led vaccination programs: Getting the fundamentals right

Affiliations

¹ MD, MPH, MBA, Action Research, COVID-19 Primary Care Response Group (seconded), Primary Care Division, Australian Government Department of Health, Canberra, ACT; Fellow in Health Systems, College of Health @ Medicine, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.
² MBBS, FRACGP, Medical Registrar, Albury-Wodonga Health Service, Albury, NSW.
³ MBBS, FRACGP, General Practitioner, Walcha General Practice, Walcha, NSW.
⁴ MD, Basic Physician Trainee, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA.
⁵ MD, Surgical Resident, Northern Health, Epping, Vic.
⁶ MD, Surgical Resident, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA.
⁷ MBChB, FRACP, Head of Department Infectious Diseases, St John of God Midland Private and Public Hospital @ University of Western Australia, Perth, WA.

Garang M Dut et al. Aust J Gen Pract. 2022.

. 2022 Apr 11:51.

doi: 10.31128/AJGP-COVID-51-4.

¹ MD, MPH, MBA, Action Research, COVID-19 Primary Care Response Group (seconded), Primary Care Division, Australian Government Department of Health, Canberra, ACT; Fellow in Health Systems, College of Health @ Medicine, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT.
² MBBS, FRACGP, Medical Registrar, Albury-Wodonga Health Service, Albury, NSW.
³ MBBS, FRACGP, General Practitioner, Walcha General Practice, Walcha, NSW.
⁴ MD, Basic Physician Trainee, College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA.
⁵ MD, Surgical Resident, Northern Health, Epping, Vic.
⁶ MD, Surgical Resident, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA.
⁷ MBChB, FRACP, Head of Department Infectious Diseases, St John of God Midland Private and Public Hospital @ University of Western Australia, Perth, WA.

Abstract

In September 2021, South Sudanese Australians in Canberra, ACT, piloted a community-led COVID-19 vaccination program.