Community-led diphtheria vaccination campaign to manage a diphtheria outbreak in a remote Aboriginal community
In 2022, five cases of diphtheria were identified in and around Wujal Wujal, a discrete Aboriginal community in Far North Queensland. This prompted a mass diphtheria vaccination campaign in the community which increased the proportion of residents aged ≥ 14 years receiving a diphtheria containing vaccine in the prior twelve months from 5% to 74%. No further cases were detected in the subsequent twenty-two months.
Authors
- Josh Hanson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1423-3839)
- Allison Hempenstall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2642-973X)
- Valmay Fisher
- Caroline Taunton
- Jessica Neville (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9558-1626)
- Vince Connellan
- Alice Tayley
- Georgina Keys
Institutions
- Queensland Health (AU)
- Government of Western Australia Department of Health (AU)
- Cairns Hospital (AU)
- Australian Government (AU)
- Breast Cancer Network Australia (AU)
- Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (AU)
- Primary HealthCare (MT)
- Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communicable Diseases Intelligence
- Published
- 2024-10-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2024.48.49
- Primary Topic
- Diphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00