| Web Links |
 | | ABC Radio News in Science Health News | | 05/07/02 |
| | "Immunisation gets bad rap on internet"
The internet has an abundance of websites that are negative towards vaccination and tend to rely on unscientific evidence according to two separate studies published this week.
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| | ABC Radio Health Minutes | | 05/07/02 |
| | "Anti-immunisation websites"
A group at the University of Sydney has had a long-standing interest in the activities of the anti-immunisation movement. So the researchers decided to see what the Net had to offer.
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| | ABC Radio The Health Report | | 05/07/02 |
| | "Vaccination Information on the Web"
A group from Sydney University has found that there is elaborate anti vaccination material on the internet. |
| | World Health Organisation - Vaccine Safety | | 08/07/02 |
| | This information geared to answering parents' questions about immunisation and also offers brief explanations for commonly held misconceptions about the value and safety of vaccination. |
| | British Medical Journal | | 08/07/02 |
| | Finnish study confirms safety of MMR vaccine |
| | Pediatrics | | 08/07/02 |
| | "Childhood vaccine risk/benefit communication in private practice office settings: a national survey" |
| | CDI | | 08/07/02 |
| | "MMR immunization, autism and inflammatory bowel disease: update" |
| | American Society for Infectious Diseases (*National Network for Immunization Information) | | 08/07/02 |
| | What Everyone Should Know About
The alleged link between vaccines and autism |
| | British Medical Journal | | 08/07/02 |
| | Measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination and bowel problems or developmental regression in children with autism: population study |
| | Immunization Action Coalition | | 12/07/02 |
| | The mission of the Immunization Action Coalition, a nonprofit organization, is to boost immunization rates and prevent disease. |
| | Immunization Action Coalition: Stories | | 12/07/02 |
| | Immunization Action Coalition publishes the stories of people who have suffered or died from vaccine-preventable diseases. |
| | Meningitis Trust | | 18/09/02 |
| | The Meningitis Trust produces information to raise awareness of the disease; funds research into vaccines and treatment; and offers a wide range of support for people affected by meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia. |
| | Meningitis Research Foundation | | 18/09/02 |
| | Meningitis & meningococcal septicaemia symptom chart |
| | Meningitis Foundation of America | | 18/09/02 |
| | MUSA aims to help support sufferers of spinal meningitis and their families; provide information to educate the public and medical professionals about meningitis so that its early diagnosis and treatment will save lives; and help support the development of vaccines and other means of treating and/or preventing meningitis. |
| | Raising Awareness of Paediatric Pneumococcal Infection and Disease | | 18/09/02 |
| | Launched in May 2002, and directed by a group of healthcare professionals
and parents, the RAPPID campaign was set up to address the dangerously low
profile of the disease by raising awareness of pneumo disease. This they
hope will lead to the earliest possible introduction of a routine paediatric
pneumococcal disease prevention programme. |
| | Immunise Australia Program | | 23/11/06 |
| | Provides information on standard childhood immunisation. It is based on accurate information available at this time and will help to make informed decisions about immunisation. |
| | National Centre for Immunisation Research & Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases | | 15/10/02 |
| | The NCIRS was established at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, by the National Centre for Disease Control in August 1997, to carry out research and give independent expert advice about all aspects of diseases which can be prevented by vaccination, particularly in children. It provides a national perspective on social and other issues related to immunisation. |
| | Australian Childhood Immunisation Register | | 15/10/02 |
| | The Australian Childhood Immunisation Register was developed in response to a decline in childhood immunisation in Australia and the alarming increase in preventable childhood diseases. The register records details of vaccinations given to children under the age of seven who live in Australia, helping Australian parents to ensure that their children grow up healthy and are fully immunised. |
| | Catch up Vaccination Schedule Calculator | | 23/11/06 |
| | Catch up Vaccination Schedule Calculator |
| | Communicable Disease Reports - Australia | | 17/10/02 |
| | The Surveillance and Management Section has established a List Server to be used for notifications of new information available on the Communicable Diseases Australia website. |
| | Immunisation Handbook 8th edition | | 23/11/06 |
| | The handbook provides practitioners with clear guidance on vaccination, including vaccination procedures, the Australian Standard Vaccination Schedule, catch-up vaccination, vaccination for special risk groups and reporting requirements for adverse events and the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register. The handbook also provides an accessible summary of vaccine preventable diseases in Australia. |
| | NewScientist.com | | 11/11/02 |
| | MMR and autism not linked, finds giant study |
| | Health Insite - Immunisation & Vaccine Preventable Diseases | | 14/11/02 |
| | HealthInsite topic page linking to resources on immunisation, a variety of vaccine-preventable diseases and their symptoms. |
| | WHO Vaccine Preventable Diseases Monitoring System Global Summary | | 27/02/03 |
| | Immunisation profiles of countries around the world. |
| | Immunisation Myths and Realities (Comm. DoH): | | 07/03/03 |
| | Immunisation Myths and Realities: Responding to arguments against immunisation 3rd edition (pdf 483Kb)
This book is designed to inform immunisation providers of the benefits of immunisation and responses to anti immunisation arguments, addressing myths about immunisation. |
| | Australian Skeptics | | 08/05/03 |
| | "Anti-immunisation scare: The inconvenient facts" by Dr Steve Basser
(Vol 17, No 1) |
| | Elixir of e-health - What to believe on line | | 30/10/03 |
| | What to believe on line |
| | ABC - Hot Shots | | 30/10/03 |
| | A user's guide to immunisation - history of immunisation and more. |
| | WHO - vaccines, immunization and biologicals | | 30/10/03 |
| | The World Health Organization's 'Vaccines, immunization and biologicals' pages give detailed
international information about immunisation. |
| | Immunization Action Coalition: Photos | | 30/10/03 |
| | Photos of children with vaccine preventable diseases |
| | Australian Dept of Health and Ageing | | 30/10/03 |
| | Government information about immunisation. |
| | Health Insurance Commission; Australian Childhood Immunisation Register | | 30/10/03 |
| | All about the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register |
| | Communicable Diseases Australia | | 30/10/03 |
| | National Health and Medical Research Council | | 30/10/03 |
| | Centres for Disease Control and Prevention | | 30/10/03 |
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US National Immunization Program with information about vaccine preventable diseases.
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| | Children's Vaccine Program | | 04/11/03 |
| | Leask JA., Chapman S. An attempt to swindle nature: press anti-immunisation reportage 1993-1997. Aust and NZ Journal of Public Health. 22(1):17-26, 1998 Feb. (225K) The online article is an adaption of the journal article. |
| | CDC National Immunization Program | | 04/11/03 |
| | Six common misconceptions about vaccination and how to respond to them |
| | NSW Healt Vaccine Preventable Disease Factsheets | | 08/05/06 |
| | Communicable Diseases Surveillance and Control Unit factsheets on vaccine preventable diseases.
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| | BMJ | | 26/05/04 |
| | Researcher from study alleging link between MMR and autism warns of measles epidemic |
| | WHO | | 26/05/04 |
| | Archive by disease |
| | The Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit | | 26/05/04 |
| | Article on congenital and neonatal vaccination |
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| | The Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit - Hib | | 09/11/07 |
| | Article on invasive haemophilus influenzae infection
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| | NCIRS Immunisation Fact Sheets | | 09/11/07 |
| | National Centre for Immunisation Rerearch & Surveillance | | 09/11/07 |
| | A fact sheet listing resources for addressing patient/parent
concerns about immunisation |
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| | National Centre for Immunisation Research & Surveillance MMR Decision Aid | | 09/11/07 |
| | The MMR Decision Aid has been designed to help you decide whether to immunise your child with the Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine. |
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| Web Links |
| | MMR and Autism - Response | | 03/05/05 |
| | A response to the hypothesis linking MMR and autism. |
| | Vaccines and autism | | 03/05/05 |
| | This article provides a summary of the studies used to support the theory that MMR causes autism, the studies that refute this theory, and other investigations into the causes of autism. |
| | Baby 411 Blog | | 12/11/07 |
| | The New McCarthyism: Vaccines & Autism by Dr Ari Brown |
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| Online Documents |
 | 81K | Pneumococcal Fact Sheet | | 21/03/07 |
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| Online Documents |
| 203K | Meningococcal Disease | Greater Murray Centre for Public Health | 06/03/03 |
| 75K | Rubella Fact Sheet | Dr Annette Pantle | 23/06/04 |
| 200K | Spot the Difference with Spike Echidna | | 06/03/03 |
| | This drawing can be given to children while they are waiting the 15 minutes in the surgery after they have had their vaccine. |
| 97K | Polio Fact Sheet | | 04/11/05 |
| 79K | Australian Childhood Immunisation Register | | 04/11/05 |
| 99K | Adolescent Vaccines | | 06/10/06 |
| 44K | Tetanus Fact Sheet | Dr Sue Page | 16/06/04 |
| 74K | MMR, Crohns & autism | Gae McDonald | 06/06/02 |
| | MMR, Crohn's and autism |
| 110K | HPV vaccination & cervical cancer | Rachelle Deaker | 30/11/06 |
| 58K | Whooping Cough Fact Sheet | Dr Marion Carey | 16/06/04 |
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| 315K | Vaccine & immunization resources on the world wide web | Archana Chatterjee | 13/11/03 |
| | A guide to reliable internet sources for health care providers, researchers, and patients or parents interested in gaining web-based information on immunisations and vaccines. |
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| | NCIRS - Thiomersal fact sheet | | 03/05/05 |
| Vaccine preventable diseases |
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| | Immunization Action Coalition | | 23/05/07 |
| | Vaccine preventable disease pictures |
