WHO EURO mission to the Republic of Georgia, May 7-10

WHO EURO MISSION TO REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA: PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES, MAY 7TH-10TH 2017 

The WHO EURO Public Health Services Programme has been invited to support the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs (MOLHSA) of Georgia and the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC) as they work intensively on the strategic development of the public health system in Georgia and elaboration of the associated action plan, which aims to strengthen capacities and services of the existing public health model. The mission team consisted of Dr Anna Cichowska, WHO Programme Manager Public Health Services, Neringa Tarvydiene – Director of Klaipeda District Municipality Public Health Bureau, Lithuania, Anne Bruant-Bisson - Inspector at the “Inspection Générale des Affaires Sociales” (IGAS) which is the French Government Audit, Evaluation and Inspection Office for Health, Social Security, Social Cohesion, Labour and Employment policies and organizations, Salman Rawaf, Professor of Public Health and Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London UK, and Kasia Czabanowska - Associate Professor at the Department of International Health at Maastricht University. And (at the time of the mission) President-elect of Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER).