Australian Immunisation Handbook

Health professionals use the Australian Immunisation Handbook to give vaccines safely, but regular updates to a 500+ page print publication made the latest advice hard to track. Morpht worked with the Department of Health to turn it into structured online content that also feeds a native mobile app and the Catch-up Calculator.

The outcome

Health professionals now have one up-to-date source of immunisation advice on any device, published once and reused everywhere.

  • A 500+ page print handbook converted into structured, connected online content
  • 24 diseases, 11 antigens, and 61 vaccines modelled as linked content types
  • One central source feeds the website, a native mobile app, and the Catch-up Calculator
  • Updates published once, then reflected across every channel

Overview

Solution architecture | GovCMS web development | Javascript Web App

The handbook began as a printed publication guiding the safe and effective use of vaccines, and became the standard reference for managing immunisation. Each update meant practitioners had to check that they had the latest version, which was hard to do on the move.

Morpht delivered the website with our design partner, Folk.

Visit the site

AIH website screenshots

The solution

Morpht structured the handbook as connected online content and published it from one central source to the website, a native mobile app, and the Catch-up Calculator.

Australian Immunisation Handbook website displayed tablet and phones

The Catch-up Calculator

The Catch-up Calculator helps practitioners manage a child's immunisation schedule. We built it as a standalone web app, using Drupal concepts to structure data in JavaScript libraries.

The app records a child's age and immunisation history, applies the handbook's rules, and recommends the vaccines the child needs. Practitioners can save the recommendations as a PDF to share with parents or guardians. Read more about the Catch-up Calculator.

Australian Immunisation Handbook calculator displayed on a mobile screen

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