Co-design and delivery of interventions to increase vaccination coverage in children with disability in Fiji

Feb 20, 2025

To improve vaccine uptake in children with dsability aged 2-19 years in Fiji. Specific objectives:

  • To co-design and develop a package of interventions to improve vaccination in children with disability with family and service providers.
  • To implement key vaccine-related strategies in under and un-vaccinated children with disability within the existing health, education, and disability systems.
  • To develop a core set of tools that can be used to identify drivers for under-vaccination design tailored interventions to improve vaccination in children with disability in the Pacific

Researchers: Meru Sheel (PI), Gulam Khandaker, Israt Jahan, Rosalie Power, Nadia Badawi, Susan Woolfenden, Margie Danchin, Sarah McIntyre, Hayle Smithers-Sheedy, Kristine Macartney, Sureni Perera, William May, Donald Wilson, Ilisapeci Tuibeqa, Rachel Devi, Litiana Volavola, Unise Vakaloloma

Funder: Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

This project is part of the Australian Regional Immunisation Alliance (ARIA)

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