This report examines catch-up immunisation for people of refugee background including people seeking asylum in Victoria, and explores effective models of service delivery to complete catch-up vaccinations. This analysis is based on a premise of equity – that refugee background Victorians should be immunised equivalent to an Australian-born person of the same age.
The report provides an analysis of strengths and limitations of immunisation service delivery models and strategies to support catch-up immunisation, and makes recommendations for a range of stakeholders in relation to Commonwealth and Victorian immunisation policy, service delivery, data collection, professional development, and patient information/community engagement.
A summary update was prepared in September 2016 detailing progress on the recommendations from the needs analysis; including recommendations either partially or fully achieved, and those that are still outstanding.
