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Medicare funded influenza immunisation:

Vaccine doses for people with the risk conditions in this list are funded under the NIP unless otherwise noted.

Conditions
Immunocompromising conditions including: 

• HIV infection
• malignancy
• chronic steroid use
• solid organ transplant
• haematopoietic stem cell transplant

Functional or anatomical asplenia, including:

• sickle cell disease or other haemoglobinopathies
• congenital or acquired asplenia (for example, splenectomy) or hyposplenia

Cardiac disease, including:

• cyanotic congenital heart disease
• congestive heart failure
• coronary artery disease

Chronic respiratory conditions, including:

• suppurative lung disease
• bronchiectasis 
• cystic fibrosis
• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• chronic emphysema
• Severe asthma (requiring frequent medical consultations or the use of multiple medicines)

Chronic neurological conditions, including:

• hereditary and degenerative CNS diseases
• seizure disorders
• spinal cord injuries
• neuromuscular disorders

Chronic metabolic disorders, including:

• Type 1 or 2 diabetes
• amino acid disorders
• carbohydrate disorders
• cholesterol biosynthesis disorders
• fatty acid oxidation defects, lactic acidosis
• mitochondrial disorders
• organic acid disorders
• urea cycle disorders
• vitamin/cofactor disorders
• porphyrias

Chronic renal failure
Long-term aspirin therapy in children aged 6 months to 10 years