Pacific Islands Immunisation Course

The Australian College of Nursing’s (ACN) Pacific Islands Immunisation Course is designed for nurses and other healthcare professionals practicing in the Pacific Island countries and territories. This course contains theoretical knowledge relating to vaccination and the delivery of vaccination programs.

ACN aims to continually offer self-directed courses that are contemporary and relevant to meet the needs of our students and industry which includes an interactive and engaging learning delivery system with opportunities to interact with other students while also having a dedicated course coordinators for support.

Why study this course
Health care providers are at the forefront in protecting the community’s health and wellbeing. Immunisation as a national public health strategy continues to be a cost-effective means in reducing the mortality and morbidity rates related to vaccine-preventable diseases. It is recognised that having appropriately trained health professionals is crucial in ensuring successful delivery of immunisation services to improve immunisation coverage rates nationally.

This course aims to equip health practitioners with the essential attributes to be immunisation advocates and promote immunisation uptake. Health practitioners who have successfully passed this course should refer to the Country’s legislation for information and conditions leading to the authorisation to immunise independent of a medical officer.

Collaborative partnership
The Pacific Community (SPC) is the principal scientific and technical regional organisation in the Pacific region, owned and governed by its 27 member countries and territories. Strengthening delivery of Nursing services and workforce capacity is a key element of SPC’s Public Health Division through its Business Plan 2022 to 2025.

The Australian College of Nursing (ACN), through a collaborative partnership with SPC has contextualised this course to meet the demands and needs of the Pacific nurses and healthcare workers in the region. The World Health Organisation (WHO) Pacific Technical Support (Fiji) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Pacific provided feedback to this contextualisation. This collaboration has been made possible with funding support from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Course price
2025 price*:    
$500 AUD    

Refunds are not applicable for this course and are not permitted unless requested within the first 10 business days from course application AND the course has not been accessed. If an applicant meets certain criteria with extenuating circumstances, a refund voucher may be requested within the first two months of the course IF the course has not been accessed in this time. This will permit the applicant to re-enrol into the course at a later date within 12 months.
*Fees are subject to change without notice.