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Question: what issues are in involved in:-managing and evaluating vaccination programmes,including promoting and measuring vaccine coverage,monitoring vaccine efficacy and adverse events,refining vaccinationschedules and conducting serological surveillance?The barriers to the successful implemntation of animmunization programme including physical barrriers such as logistical and cold chain.
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Question Date: Fri, 04/30/2010