Australia’s active hospital-based surveillance for severe childhood disease
PAEDS is coordinated by the National Centre for Immunisation Surveillance and Research (NCIRS) and substantially supported through funding from the Australian Government Department of Health and the state and territory health departments of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory. PAEDS is also under the oversight of the PAEDS Reference Group, composed of representatives from all participating departments of health and independent expert groups.
Funding for each PAEDS condition is provided by different sources over time. Currently in 2019, funding is provided via the following sources:
Australian Government Department of Health
NHMRC CRE (1079575) 2016-2020: Centre of Research Excellence for Emerging Infectious Diseases (CREID). Sorrell T, Jones C.
Australian government funding as part of the FluCAN network
NHMRC Partnership Project (1113851) 2016-2020: Reducing vaccine preventable diseases in children: using national active hospital-based surveillance to evaluate and improve immunisation program performance. Macartney K, Blyth C, Marshall H, Leask J, McIntyre P, Elliott E, Snelling T, Clark J, Buttery J, Wood N.
State and territory health departments
National Blood Sector Research and Development Pilot grant from the National Blood Authority
Combined strategic start-up grants from The University of Queensland and The Children’s Health Foundation Queensland
WHO Collaborating Centre for Influenza, Doherty Institute, The University of Melbourne and The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, pilot study
