Correct storage, handling, preparation and administration of vaccines is essential, to ensure vaccine integrity is maintained throughout the entire vaccination process and the immune response to the vaccine is optimal
A series of unfortunate events across the globe is to blame for the rise in infectious diseases such as measles, says immunisation expert and Wellington GP Nikki Turner
Without knowledge of how serious vaccine-preventable diseases can be, some parents believe these diseases to be rites of passage in childhood and question or refuse vaccinations
A Pharmaceutical Society appeal for the Ministry of Health to permit pharmacists to give measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations has the support of the director of the Immunisation Advisory Centre
As international Head and Neck Cancer Day approaches, a GP who survived the disease says much more needs to be done to increase the uptake of the HPV vaccine
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management