{"id":8970,"date":"2020-11-01T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=8970"},"modified":"2020-11-01T16:25:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-01T16:25:00","slug":"record-childhood-vaccination-rates-through-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/11\/01\/record-childhood-vaccination-rates-through-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Record childhood vaccination rates through COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

More Australian families are vaccinating their children, with new figures showing four quarters of growth in all childhood coverage rates to September 2020, the highest on record.
\nEach year, the Morrison Government invests more than $400 million in the National Immunisation Program to protect young and vulnerable Australians.
\nThe highest rates of vaccination are among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children at five years, at more than 97 per cent.
\nThe coverage rate for all five-year-olds continues to grow towards the aspirational 95 per cent target. In the year to September 2020, it reached 94.9 per cent.
\nAmong all two-year-old children, the coverage rate has risen to almost 92.4 per cent, which is the first time it has climbed above 92 per cent since 2014. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander two-year-old vaccination rate has also risen to almost 91.2 per cent in the current quarter.
\nThe overall vaccination rate for one-year-olds has also increased in the last twelve months, reaching 94.7 per cent, while Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander one-year-old vaccination rate increased to 93.5 per cent.
\nThe positive results are a clear indication that the Morrison Government\u2019s Childhood Immunisation Education Campaign is getting results. The most recent phase of the campaign specifically target parents of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 0-5 years.
\nAs we remain focused on COVID-19, it\u2019s important that we don\u2019t lose sight of the other preventable diseases with which Australian families must contend.
\nOur vaccines in the National Immunisation Program are safe, effective and provide a key national response to save and protect young lives.
\nMore information is available on the\u00a0Department of Health website<\/a>.
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Australian Immunisation rates \u2013 June 2020 to September 2020<\/p>\n<\/caption>\n

<\/th>\nJune 2020<\/strong><\/th>\nSeptember 2020<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
General one-year-old<\/td>\n94.60<\/td>\n94.72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
General two-year-old<\/td>\n91.68<\/td>\n92.36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
General five-year-old<\/td>\n94.77<\/td>\n94.90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indigenous one-year-old<\/td>\n93.40<\/td>\n93.46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indigenous two-year-old<\/td>\n90.03<\/td>\n91.16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indigenous five-year-old<\/td>\n96.90<\/td>\n97.03<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More Australian families are vaccinating their children, with new figures showing four quarters of growth in all childhood coverage rates to September 2020, the highest on record. Each year, the Morrison Government invests more than $400 million in the National Immunisation Program to protect young and vulnerable Australians. The highest rates of vaccination are among … Continue reading “Record childhood vaccination rates through COVID-19”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}