National Immunisation Strategy
Department of Health and Aged Care
Key Resources
Background
In May and June 2024, the Department of Health and Aged Care through the interim Australian Centre for Disease Control, undertook a public consultation on a new National Immunisation Strategy for 2025-2030. The consultation was based on a discussion paper, Towards a National Immunisation Strategy 2025-2030, which proposes a vision, mission, priority areas, and opportunities for action for the next Strategy.
Our submission
The Australians for Pandemic Prevention submission re-emphasised the importance of efforts by the new Australian CDC to work on pandemic prevention through a top-level strategy, rather than considering pandemic prevention only as a subordinate issue to other priorities. The submission also made the case for “pre-pandemic vaccination”. Pre-pandemic vaccination refers to proactive vaccination against high-risk strains to reduce the likelihood or consequences of future pandemics.
We also suggested a more proactive approach to pandemic preparedness through detailed scenario planning and practice in executing implementation measures.