Fiji Co-design workshop on interventions to improve Vaccination for Children with Disability

Oct 22, 2025 | Media, Podcast, Project Update

The Infection, Immunisation, and Emergencies (IDIE) team at the Sydney School of Public Health recently held a co-design workshop in Suva, Fiji, focused on designing interventions to strengthen vaccination for children with disability. Building on the...

Systematic review underscores the value of pro-equity strategies in immunization programs

Sep 18, 2025 | Media, Podcast, Project Update

A new systematic review by members of the IDIE team “Systematic review of pro-equity strategies to improve vaccination among priority populations” was recently highlighted in the Immunization Economics Community of Practice newsletter. The article...

Strengthening Health Security in the Pacific: Reflections from the 2025 PPHSN Regional Meeting in Nadi, Fiji

Aug 7, 2025 | Media, Podcast, Project Update

Participants of the PPHSN Regional Meeting In July 2025, Alastair Donachie, Research Fellow with the IDIE team, attended the Pacific Public Health Surveillance Network (PPHSN) Regional Meeting in Nadi, Fiji. This marked a significant milestone, with IDIE participating...

Global aid cuts are putting health outcomes in the region at risk. Is this the most critical gap Australia should fill and how?

Jul 7, 2025 | Project Update, Media, Podcast

IDIE’s Associate Professor Meru Sheel spoke to the Development Intelligence Lab’s The Intel highlighting the significant yet often overlooked impact of global aid cuts on health systems in the Indo-Pacific region. While these cuts may be smaller in scale...

Measles cases are surging globally. Should children be vaccinated earlier?

Jul 7, 2025 | Media, Podcast

IDIE’s Associate Professor Meru Sheel, together with Associate Professor Anita Heywood (UNSW) discusses the alarming global resurgence of measles, highlighting a 20% increase in cases in 2023 due to declining vaccination rates and immunity gaps exacerbated by...

Enhancing Electronic Immunisation Register: Insights from Lao PDR 

Jun 16, 2025 | Media, Podcast, Project Update

In October 2024, A/Prof Meru Sheel, Cyra Patel, and Dr Gemma Saravanos travelled to Vientiane to present the findings from an Evaluation of the Lao Electronic Immunisation Register to the Lao Government, Ministry of Health and the National Immunisation Programme.  ...