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Setting the Course A Strategic Vision for Immunization: Part 3: Summary of the Los Angeles Workshop (2003) / Chapter Skim
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Concluding Observations
Pages 41-42

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... Improvements in areas such as disease surveillance and public health laboratories promise benefits for the nation's immunization system as well. With much greater responsibility for immunization services resting with private providers and health plans, the need for consultation between the public and private sectors becomes increasingly important.
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... Dr. David Smith followed up, posing the possibility that the current problems of unstable funding, rising vaccine prices, and uncertain vaccine supplies might be creating conditions for a "perfect storm" that could result in serious disease outbreaks.
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