Vaccination rules in Australia

15/11/2017 8 min
Vaccination rules in Australia

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Episode Synopsis

Health authorities aim to reach herd (or community) immunity, when enough people are immunised from a disease that an infection cannot spread. However, Australia's immunisation coverage is below herd immunity levels. Now the Australian Government is offering incentive payments to health providers to boost coverage rates.

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