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Olivia Cheung’s internship at IDIE
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....
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Health institutions applaud $620M injection for strong and resilient health systems in the Pacific and Southeast Asia
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...
Strengthening immunisation data and vaccine uptake in Lao PDR using electronic immunisation registers
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...
IDIE at Global Health Security Conference
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...
Vaccine-Preventable Disease Outbreaks Among Healthcare Workers: A Scoping Review
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...
From injuries to infectious diseases, what are the health risks in the aftermath of PNG’s landslide?
On May 24, 2024, Papua New Guinea experienced a massive landslide in the Enga province. With more than 7,800 people affected by the landslide, many are displace from their homes or are lacking access to basic necessities. While the exact death toll is still unknown,...
“154 million lives saved in 50 years: 5 charts on the global success of vaccines.”
To celebrate 50 years since the World Health Assembly launched the Expanded Programme on Immunziation (EPI), IDIE's Meru Sheel together with Dr Alexandra Hogan from UNSW, deconstructed the global analysis for this important landmark & what it means in an article...
Using digital tools to strengthen immunisation system in Vanuatu
Cyra Patel spent two weeks in March 2024 to speak with stakeholders for her PhD project on how technological innovations can strengthen immunisation systems. An electronic immunisation register was used for the first time in Vanuatu for the COVID-19 vaccination....
Raising the bar- Meru Sheel
IDIE's A/Prof Meru Sheel talked about all things infectious diseases at the Raising the Bar event in Soultrap Bar. Preventing disease: get ahead of the curve Growing up, Associate Professor Meru Sheel saw infectious diseases make people very sick. This is how she...
Result Dissemination: Immunisation and children with disability study, Fiji
A/Prof Sheel met with key stakeholders to share the findings from our study looking at vaccination in children with disability in Suva-Nausori area of Fiji.Working in partnership with our in-country leads, Frank Hilton Organization and Fiji National University and in...
Working together (and staying apart) during COVID-19
Women on the Line 3CR Community Radio It’s a strange time at the moment, a time to stick together, while doing our best to physically stay apart. This week on the program we speak with epidemiologist Dr Meru Sheel based at the Australian National University(link...
Profile pieces
Profile pieces
Profile, Women in STEM on the lessons from an unprecedented year, Women’s Agenda (https://bit.ly/3z8A8ry), 2020 Profile, Canberra’s Dr Meru Sheel, an infectious diseases expert on the virtual frontline (https://bit.ly/3geYsPU), 2020 Profile, Johnson...