Associate Professor, University of Sydney
Dr Heather Gidding is an infectious diseases epidemiologist with a broad interest in conducting high-quality quantitative epidemiological studies to inform public health practice, especially around infectious disease burden and control by vaccination in vulnerable populations and Aboriginal children. She is passionate about maximising the use of routinely collected data for epidemiological research, in particular using data linkage methods.
Australia has eliminated rubella – but that doesn't mean it can't come back
Nov 04, 2018 13:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has officially declared that Australia has eliminated rubella. Rubella, also known as German measles, is a contagious viral disease. The symptoms in children are generally mild ...
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