BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//NONSGML WPForms//NONSGML Sugar Calendar Feeds v3.9.0//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Herpes Zoster beyond an age criteria: \nA GP panel discus sion on immunisation as a preventative health strategy. X-WR-CALDESC:Immunisation Coalition X-WR-TIMEZONE:Australia/Melbourne BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Melbourne BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 DTSTART:20261003T160000 TZNAME:AEDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Australia/Melbourne BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1000 TZOFFSETTO:+1100 DTSTART:20261003T160000 TZNAME:AEDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Herpes Zoster beyond an age criteria: \nA GP panel discussion on immunisation as a preventative health strategy. DESCRIPTION:Register ONLINE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDate: \;October 14\, 2026\, Time: 6:30pm to 7:45pm (AEDT)\n\n\n\nLearning Objectives \n \n\n\n\nCurrent disease burden of Herpes Zoster across the age groups\, include high risk groups with underlying medical conditions.\n\n\n\nRevi ew current AIH recommendations (NIP and private)\, and recommendations f or individuals that have previously received Zostavax.\n\n\n\nReview Her pes Zoster immunisation rates for NIP eligible Australians including you ng individuals with risk factors and First Nations people.\n\n\n\nDiscus s immunisation as a healthy aging strategy\, and where Herpes Zoster fit s into the picture.\n\n\n\nHighlight that a GP recommendation is one of the biggest factors that influences vaccination uptake.\n\n\n\nDiscuss t he pro’s and con’s of embedding immunisation into routine preventati ve care\, similar to heart health\, weight management\, diabetes care an d the Medicare-funded 75+ Health Assessment check.\n\n\n\nDiscuss the la test Real-World Evidence of the benefits of Herpes Zoster prevention as part of healthy ageing.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis webinar will be RACGP accr edited for 1 CPD hours for attendees.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nID number: \;16 71400\n\n\n\nPresenters\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChair: Dr Rodney Pearce AM▼\n\n\n Dr Rodney Pearce AM\n\n\n\nDr Rodney Pearce AM is a country and city GP and Medical Officer of Health for the Eastern Health Authority (HA)\, Ad elaide. Dr Pearce became a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) on Aust ralia Day 2012. He received the award for his long-standing service to m edicine as a General Practitioner\, through contributions to national me dical organisations and to education.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA/Prof Jo hn Litt▼\n\n\nA/Prof John Litt\n\n\n\nAssociate Professor John Litt is a retired academic GP and public health physician in the Discipline of General Practice at Flinders University and was the Deputy Chairman of t he National Quality Committee of the RACGP (from 2000-2018).\n\n\n\nHis major clinical and research interests are in prevention and its implemen tation. John has over 130 refereed publications (journal articles\, book and book chapters). He conducted the first Australian National Influenz a and Pneumococcal Survey in older adults in 1998 and the first Australi an Zoster Attitudes and Beliefs Survey in older persons and GPs in 2009.  \; More recently he has helped to develop an online COVID Risk Calc ulator (CoRiCal)\, which assists the patient decision-making process for COVID vaccination.\n\n\n\nJohn has been a member of several national co mmittees\, consortia\, and Scientific Advisory Committees including NHMR C\, ATAGI\, Cancer Australia and NCIRS. He was one of the inaugural dire ctors of the ISG and is currently a member of the Immunisation Coalition ’s Scientific Advisory Committee.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Anita Muñoz▼\n\n\nDr Anita Muñoz\n\n\n\nDr Anita Muñoz worked as a Clinical Editor and Clinical Advisor for 6 years with North Western Melb ourne PHN through which a passion for health system improvement\, innova tion\, sustainability\, and equity emerged. She sees general practice as the key to a rational health system that produces better outcomes for p atients and practitioners alike.Anita Muñoz is a GP in private practice in Melbourne’s CBD and has a dedication to evidence-based medicine\, lifelong learning\, and promoting the role of general practice in the he alth of patients\, communities and in public health more broadly.\n\n\n\ nAnita has held advisory positions with Better Care Victoria and Safer C are Victoria and has been a medical educator for over 9 years. She is pa rticularly preoccupied with the wellbeing and experience of general prac tice registrars\, and of securing a high-quality general practice workfo rce for the future.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Anita Sharma ▼\n\n\nDr Anita Sharma\n\n\n\nDr Anita Sharma \;is the practice principal of Platinum Medical Centre\, a medical educator and an accredited superviso r for general practice registrars and medical students. \;She is co- author of RACGP Handbook of T2 D management in Primary care and contribu tes towards writing CHECK programs for RACGP. \;She is a member of T he Royal Australian College of General Practitioners’ Education Commit tee and the Diabetes National Faculty Specific Interest Group. She is a senior lecturer at the University of Queensland’s School of Clinical M edicine Primary Care Clinical Unit and serves on the editorial board for Medicine Today.\n\n\n\nDr Sharma serves on the advisory board for Reed Medical Education and develops education modules on chronic diseases lik e diabetes\, heart failure\, Chronic Kidney Disease\, chronic obstructiv e pulmonary disease\, obesity and osteoporosis. Dr Sharma is a medical r eview officer and designated aviation medical examiner for the Civil Avi ation Safety Authority and Medical Review Officer for Civil Aviation Soc iety of Australia. She is a member of MDA National’s State Advisory Co mmittee (Queensland) and active member of Queensland Medical Women’s S ociety (QMWS)\, Australian Federation of Medical Women( AFMW) and Doctor ’s Health Queensland ( DHQ). Maintaining high clinical standards\, con tributing to articles and clinical \; guidelines and teaching are he r passions.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSponsor: we would like to t hank GSK for providing 3rd party sponsorship for this webinar. URL;VALUE=URI:https://immunisationcoalition.org.au/events/herpes-zoster- beyond-an-age-criteria-a-gp-panel-discussion-on-immunisation-as-a-preven tative-health-strategy/ UID:urn:uuid:d1ccb942-3329-4284-9ccf-470b3921a154 STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20260911T111035Z DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261014T183000 DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261014T194500 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR