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NCIRS provides scientific research support to the Immunisation Branch of the Australian Government Department of Health and the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI), particularly for the development and implementation of national immunisation policies.
ATAGI provides scientific advice on immunisation to the Minister for Health, the Department of Health and various national government advisory committees. NCIRS conducts research, and reviews and synthesises the best available evidence to support ATAGI to formulate advice and clinical recommendations on immunisations for all Australians. ATAGI and NCIRS focus on:
Research and other activities in other program areas at NCIRS also inform and complement our work in national immunisation policy development. These include surveillance of vaccine preventable disease, vaccination coverage monitoring, evaluation of national immunisation programs, and social science research.
NCIRS regularly summarises, for information for ATAGI, the most recent reports and recommendations of NITAGs of four other countries and WHO's immunisation-related advisory committees, including the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on immunisation. These include:
National Immunisation Technical Advisory Groups of:
Advisory groups of the WHO and Western Pacific Region, including:
Historical summary documents are available here for reference:
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It is important to note that decisions on immunisation policies take into account the local disease epidemiology, population characteristics, the health system, availability of specific vaccines, and existing immunisation service delivery systems. These summaries must be considered in this light.
For recent issues considered by ATAGI, please refer to the ATAGI Bulletins.