A fair shot: How to close the vaccination gap

A fair shot: How to close the vaccination gap A fair shot How to close the vaccination gap Peter Breadon and Ingrid Burfurd November 2023 A fair shot: How to close the vaccination gap Grattan Institute Support Grattan Institute Report No. [...] Grattan Institute 2023 3 A fair shot: How to close the vaccination gap Recommendations Set clear goals and responsibilities Boost funding to promote vaccination in mainstream primary care A new National Vaccines Partnership Agreement should set ambitious Primary Health Networks should have new funding to promote goals and clarify the roles of federal and state governments by: vaccination in mainst. [...] 52 Grattan Institute 2023 5 A fair shot: How to close the vaccination gap 1 Vaccines work Vaccines reduce the risk of serious illness, hospitalisation, and death Figure 1.1: Different vaccines are recommended at different stages of life from a range of viruses and bacteria. [...] People who are 1.5 The risks from vaccination are low vaccinated are less likely to pass a disease on to their family, friends, and colleagues, which further reduces sickness, hospital visits, and For most people, vaccines are extremely safe. [...] High-risk adults In December 2021, more than nine in 10 high-risk adults had been 25% vaccinated for COVID in the previous six months.34 At that time, a Third range of vaccine mandates and restrictions were in place.35 By the end COVID vaccine Lower-risk adults of February 2023, the share of high-risk people who were vaccinated in available0% the last six months had crashed to below one in 10 (Fig.