Dec 5, 2024 | Media, Featured, Project Update
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. This was...
Aug 7, 2024 | Media, Podcast, Project Update
An alliance of Australia’s leading health and development institutions has applauded the Australian Government’s $620 million boost for health systems in the Pacific and Southeast Asia. This alliance includes the Australia Council for International Development...
Aug 7, 2024 | Media, Project Update
As part of my second summer in the Laidlaw Leadership and Research Program, I joined the Infectious Diseases, Immunizations, and Emergencies (IDIE) research group based at the Sydney School of Public Health, the University of Sydney, Australia as a student researcher....
Jul 11, 2024 | Podcast, Media, Project Update
The IDIE team have been working on an ARIA funded project, aimed to to identify opportunities to improve the implementation and ongoing use of the registry as part of the national immunisation program in Lao PDR. This project aligns closely with the World Health...
Jul 11, 2024 | Media, Podcast, Project Update
Reflections from Ghenu Khillo, PhD student at IDIE I am honoured to be nominated as a student ambassador for the Global Health Security Conference 2024, held at the International Convention Centre, Sydney. This event was an insightful and remarkable platform to...
Jul 11, 2024 | Project Update, Media, Podcast
Outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases (VPDs) in health care workers (HCWs) can result in morbidity and mortality and cause significant disruptions to health care services, patients and visitors as well as an added burden on the health system. Our recently...