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Mission
To create public awareness regarding the importance of immunisation by providing educational materials and communication programs. To co-operate with key Australian professional bodies, consumer advocacy groups and the Australian,...
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ISG Annual Scientific Meeting
For around 20 years now the ISG has conducted an Annual Scientific Meeting, enabling a broad range of discussions on influenza and related issues. The conference is usually...
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Sponsorship & Support
The ISG, under the umbrella of the Immunisation Coalition, is able to carry out its important work thanks to the generosity of its sponsors and in-kind supporters. Sponsors have...
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How Influenza is Spread
Influenza viruses are mainly spread when infected people cough or sneeze, releasing small virus-containing droplets into the air which can be breathed in and infect the respiratory tract of...
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2017 GP Guide
GPFlu17 Influenza is a potentially fatal disease. In Australia influenza and its complications is estimated to cause between 1,500 and 3,500 deaths and more...
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Decision Aid
Decision Aid This decision aid is aiming to provide adequate information for you to help you decide whether to immunise your child with the influenza (Flu) vaccine. To download a pdf copy of the...
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Influenza Viruses
There are two types of influenza viruses that cause serious disease in humans, types A and B. A third type, influenza C causes a mild common-cold like illness. Both...
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Pandemic Influenza
There is historical evidence that three to four times a century severe worldwide epidemics (pandemics) of influenza occur. We know that the most recent of these were associated with...
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Vaccination of HCWs
* **Why should healthcare workers have a yearly influenza vaccination?* The Immunisation Coalition, with an educational grant from Sanofi Pasteur, has produced a video about the importance of healthcare workers receiving...
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Conferences and Meetings
ISG Annual Scientific Meeting/index.php/conferences-and-meetings-/isg-annual-scientific-meeting-/ Paul Van Buynder Each year the ISG organises a scientific conference, which enables a broad range of discussion on a variety of influenza and related...
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