The Western NSW Primary Health Network (WNSW PHN) is holding an Annual Immunisation Update conference in Orange, NSW. The conference focuses on providing the latest immunisation updates, best practices, and addressing vaccine-related concerns.
Learning outcomes
- Summarise current vaccination advice for COVID-19, influenza, pneumococcal and RSV, and describe how immunisation reduces disease transmission
- Identify and safely manage anaphylaxis following immunisation
- Use AIR reports to support data cleansing and quality improvement activities
- Identify key travel-related vaccine recommendations and apply current guidelines to assess risks and plan safe, evidence-based vaccination strategies for travellers
- Describe current meningococcal disease vaccine recommendations and high-risk groups, and apply evidence-based strategies to support timely vaccination to reduce morbidity and mortality
Guest Speakers
National Centre for Immunisation Research & Surveillance (NCIRS)
- Dr Archana Koirala
Paediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist & General Paediatrician - Dr Anny Yuanfei Huang (TBC)
General Practitioner (with special interest in travel medicine) &
Public Health Physician - Lauren Dalton
Program Manager
Local Presenters
Western NSW Local Health District, Public Health Unit
- Dr Victor Carey, Public Health Physician
- Priscilla Stanley, Director of Public Health
- Fiona Quinn & Kim Rice, CNC Immunisation & Child & Family Health
- Kendal Ball, CNC Immunisation/School Vaccination Program
- Wendy Holmes & Alice Gordon, Aboriginal Health Practitioner – Immunisation
Program*
8.30am Doors open: Check-in and catch-up
8.55am Find your seat
9.00am Welcome to Country
9.05am Welcome & introductions
9.10am Opening address
9.15am Housekeeping and kick-off
9.20am Public Health Pulse: What’s shaping 2026 (Priscilla)
9.30am Rabies & Australian Bat Lyssavirus: Staying safe (Victor)
9.45am Aboriginal Immunisation: Update & insights (Wendy & Alice)
9.55am Catch-ups: Fast fixes [Interactive activity] (Kim & Fiona)
10.20am Morning tea
10.45am Love is in the AIR (Australian Immunisation Register) (Lauren)
11.10am Breathe Easy: Respiratory vaccine update (Archana)
12.10pm Anaphylaxis & AEFIs: What to do when it counts (Archana)
12.40pm Meningococcal Disease: Rare, rapid & high risk (Archana)
1.00pm Lunch
2.00pm Travel Ready: Vaccines for a world on the move (Anny -TBC)
3.00pm Handbook Highlights: Key changes & updates (Archana)
3.30pm Q&A and stand-up stretch
3.40pm Houston We Have a Problem! Adverse events following immunisation & vaccine administration errors (Kendal)
4.00pm Evaluation and close
*Program and presenters may be subject to change
Devices – Please bring your mobile
Slido App. will be used for questions & activities
RSVP 5pm 17/4/26
Contacts
Erica Gilbert | e erica.gilbert@wnswphn.org.au | m 0428 311 887