Vaccinating health workers – the key to improving immunisation coverage?

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Vaccinating health workers – the key to improving immunisation coverage?

28 September 2022

By Bronwyn Stoneley

Wednesday 28 September 2022, 12:30 AM

He rau ringa e oti ai – many hands make light work [Image: Hannah Busing on Unsplash]

This article looks at the evolving role of the vaccinating health worker and its place in delivering national immunisation programmes moving forward

Key points, The traditional vaccinating workforce is under pressure. The vaccinating health worker role (VHW, formerly CVWUS) has proven vital in the COVID-19 v, Pract Green w Pale Yellow

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Ministry of Health. Immunisation Handbook 2020. Wellington, NZ: Ministry of Health; 2022. https://www.health.govt.nz/our-work/immunisation-handbook-2020
Tafea V, Mowat R, Cook C. Understanding barriers to immunisation against vaccine-preventable diseases in Pacific people in New Zealand, Aotearoa: an integrative review. J Prim Health Care 2022;14(2):156–63.
Turner NM, Charania NA, Chong A, et al. The challenges and opportunities of translating best practice immunisation strategies among low performing general practices to reduce equity gaps in childhood immunisation coverage in New Zealand. BMC Nurs 2017;16:31.

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