PM Bakhtadze hosts CDC Director of US

Mamuka Bakhtadze, Prime Minister of Georgia, has today met with Dr. Robert R. Redfield, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the United States of America (USA).

As the PM’s Press Office informs, at the meeting the sides discussed bilateral cooperation between the US and Georgia in the direction of the development of healthcare system, public health, bio-medicine and life sciences.

Prospects of extended cooperation between US CDC and National Centre for Disease Control of Georgia (NCDC) were also discussed at the meeting.

The issues related to the security of healthcare were reviewed, including within a wholesome public healthcare system. Significance of its concept was underlined for the avoidance of threats in the system of healthcare.

Dr. Redfield has arrived in Tbilisi on his official visit. The visit aims at getting exposure to Georgia and achievements made within the scope of cooperation between the CDC and NCDC.

CDC has a declared mission to ensure an early identification of epidemic outbreaks and extension of response measures at the institutional level on the grounds of a close cooperation with the Ministry of Refugees, Labor, Health and Social Security of Georgia (MRLHSS) and NCDC. CDC provides Technical Assistance (TA) on various risk factors in the system of healthcare inter alia through the implementation surveillance studies and capacity building. Operation of the CDC in Georgia covers the following areas: hepatitis, flu, respiratory diseases, tuberculosis, nutrition, etc.

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