While focus has primarily been on children and the vociferous anti-vaccination lobby, a large proportion of adolescent and adult Australians still remain under vaccinated

In an article published in the Medical Journal of Australia, Dr Robert Menzies from the University of New South Wales along with co-authors have argued that there hasn’t been enough focus on low uptake of vaccination in adults.

“In recent years, there has been increasing attention on parents who actively refuse to vaccinate their children,” they write.

“The abolition of the conscientious objection process has been championed in sections of the media and by some advocacy groups.

“These measures, however, do not address the vast numbers of undervaccinated adults.”

The researchers from UNSW and the University of Sydney estimate that there are about 4.1 million undervaccinated Australians each year, i.e. people who eligible to receive free vaccine(s) under the National Immunisation Program (NIP) but do not receive them. READ MORE from AJP News