Dear Dr. Lagvilava,
We hope you are well. It was great to see Dr. Sergeenko, Dr. Amiran, and others from Georgia at EASL. The Georgia side meeting, and a special session on HCV decentralization services
(where Georgia was highlighted as one of the model countries) was well received at EASL.
After the successful workshops, including the IT workshop, in Tbilisi, there has been a lot of work to come up with a draft “roadmap” for IT systems development for the support
of HCV Elimination Program in Georgia (attached, below). The road map developed, we believe, is a very reasonable approach, and we fully support this endeavor; of course we defer to you/Ministry, and would like to know your thoughts, if agree, and how best
to move forward.
When we met in Tbilisi last month, we also agreed it was a good idea to have regular call that would include MoLHSA, NCDC, CDC; we should have our call soon, and IT can be one
of the topics for discussion, if you agree. Let us know and we can assist in organzing a call, perhaps within the next two weeks. Given the urgency of the work this year, with the focus on decentralization, it is important for us to touch base soon.
Also, I was happy to hear that you met with Lika, Tatia, and Irina as well, thank you for meeting with them, and I hope you recognize that we are dedicated to supporting the HCV
Program in Georgia. I am also including Dr. Amiran, Dr. Beth the CDC Country Director, and Dr. Muazzam my Senior Medical Officer for Georgia at CDC/Atlanta.
Thank you, and we looking forward to hear your thoughts.
Best,
FA (Francisco)