From : Leonardi Giovanni <g.leonardi@sanita.it>
To : Sopo Belkania
Subject : R: GEORGIA SANITA' ricerca partenariato in oncologia e gestione strutture sanitarie
Cc : antonio.bartoli@esteri.it; presidenza@alleanzacontroilcancro.it;embassy.tbilisi@esteri.it; Scalera Giselda <g.scalera@sanita.it>; Maia Lagvilava; Ruocco Giuseppe <g.ruocco@sanita.it>; Ferrari Luigi <l.ferrari@sanita.it>
Received On : 22.03.2018 09:16

Dear Dr. Belkania, thank you for your kind e-mail. I have informed the Minister's Diplomatic Counselor about the letter sent by Hon. Minister Sergeenko, in order to start official discussions to foster co-operation between our Ministries. I remain in touch to provide any technical assistance concerning the involvement of Alleanza Contro il Cancro (Italian Cancer Network) in the project. Best regards, Giovanni Leonardi Giovanni Leonardi Director General for Research and Innovation in Healthcare Via Giorgio Ribotta 5 00144 ROMA tel. +39 06 59943686 tel. +39 06 59943128 g.leonardi@sanita.it -----Messaggio originale----- Da: Sopo Belkania [mailto:sbelkania@moh.gov.ge] Inviato: giovedì 22 marzo 2018 08:31 A: Leonardi Giovanni Cc: antonio.bartoli@esteri.it; presidenza@alleanzacontroilcancro.it; embassy.tbilisi@esteri.it; Scalera Giselda; Maia Lagvilava Oggetto: RE: GEORGIA SANITA' ricerca partenariato in oncologia e gestione strutture sanitarie Dear Dr. Giovanni Leonardi, Please see attached official letter from the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social affairs of Georgia. Best regards, Sopo Belkania Head of HR Management and International Relations Department Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia 144 A.Tsereteli Avenue, 0159, Tbilisi, Georgia Mobile number: +995 599 22 32 32 -----Original Message----- From: Leonardi Giovanni [mailto:g.leonardi@sanita.it] Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 6:56 PM To: Maia Lagvilava Cc: antonio.bartoli@esteri.it; presidenza@alleanzacontroilcancro.it; embassy.tbilisi@esteri.it; sbelkania@moh.gov.ge; Scalera Giselda Subject: Re: GEORGIA SANITA' ricerca partenariato in oncologia e gestione strutture sanitarie Hon. Deputy Minister, thank-you for your clarification. We wait for your official letter. Yours, faithfully, Giovanni Leonardi Inviato da iPhone > Il giorno 13 mar 2018, alle ore 15:49, Maia Lagvilava ha scritto: > > Dr. Giovanni Leonardi, > > I would like to make some clarification to the mail I send yesterday. Because of deficiency of entire oncology center in Georgia, in the co-operation process from the Georgian side counterpart will be represented by the Ministry. As from Italian side for us the existent representation both from ministerial level and Italian cancer network is absolutely acceptable. > > We are ready to provide any required information in any format to move forward the task. > > Sincerely, > > Maia Lagvilava, MD, MHA > Deputy Minister > > 144 A. Tsereteli ave. > 0119 Tbilisi, Georgia > Tel: (+995 32) 251 00 27 (0503) > E-mail: mlagvilava@moh.gov.ge > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Leonardi Giovanni [mailto:g.leonardi@sanita.it] > Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2018 1:37 AM > To: Maia Lagvilava > Cc: antonio.bartoli@esteri.it; presidenza@alleanzacontroilcancro.it; embassy.tbilisi@esteri.it; sbelkania@moh.gov.ge; Scalera Giselda > Subject: Re: GEORGIA SANITA' ricerca partenariato in oncologia e gestione strutture sanitarie > > Hon. Deputy Minister Lagvilava, > > thank you for your kind e-mail. I confirmed our willingness and interest in co-operate with your Country. > > Depending on the kind of co-operation you may ask for, we can either work on an agreement at ministerial level or facilitate technical contacts between our cancer centers. > > In both cases, the Italian cancer network, Alleanza contro il cancro, will be involved. > > As you know, we will probably have a new Government in the near future, so if you may send the detailed information I can start working with my colleague in charge of international affairs and set up a dossier for our Minister. > > Faithfully yours, > > Giovanni Leonardi > > > > Giovanni Leonardi, M.A. > Director-General for Research and Innovation in Healthcare Ministry of Health Viale Giorgio Ribotta 5 - 00152 Rome - I tel. + 39 0659943686 > e-mail: g.leonardi@sanita.it > > > > Il giorno 10/mar/2018, alle ore 13:32, Maia Lagvilava > ha scritto: > > Mr. Giovanni Leonardi, > > As you are informed I have recently joined the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia and hope you will understand the reason why will not be possible to provide the strategic framework and concept note, as promised in timeframes. I suggest not to postpone the issue in awaiting the documents and move forward the discussion. I will briefly describe the sphere of interest in frames of our collaboration and hope, provided information at this stage will be enough to initiate the cooperation. > > The Universal Health Coverage and well-being of the population is one of the main priorities of the Government of Georgia. Population health care main needs, through prevention and early detection programs as well as proper treatment cost reimbursements, are covered by the Government. > > Even so, country health care system still faces the problem of equal delivery quality medical services, that is especially noticeable in the filed of oncology. > > It is also remarkable that 90% of service providers are private, for-profit clinics. Though provision of high quality, cost effective oncology medical services in one entire facility/center is not existent. > > Despite the fact that country in not facing the quantitative shortage of oncology services and it's infrastructure, the existing system is rather fragmented and as a consequence - 90% of the patients treated out of the Country are those with oncology problems. > > The Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia is highly motivated to cooperate with the International Institutions and experts in the field of oncology towards improvement of Country oncology system by detailed evaluation, gap analyses and needs assessment. > > In case of your interest, we are ready to provide the detailed information in regard, with existing system description and any required information in any format. > > Sincerely, > > Maia Lagvilava, MD, MHA > Deputy Minister > > 144 A. Tsereteli ave. > 0119 Tbilisi, Georgia > Tel: (+995 32) 251 00 27 (0503) > E-mail: mlagvilava@mo.gov.ge > > > On Feb 27, 2018, at 8:41 PM, Leonardi Giovanni > wrote: > > Hon. Deputy Minister, > > I would like to thank you for your interest in co-operating with our Country. > We wait for the Strategic Framework and concept note to start our discussions. > In the meantime, I will inform both the Secretary-General and my colleague in charge of International Affairs about this opportunity to strengthen the ties between Georgia and Italy. > Faithfully yours, > > Giovanni Leonardi > > Giovanni Leonardi > Director General for Research > and Innovation in Healthcare > Via Giorgio Ribotta 5 > 00144 ROMA > tel. +39 06 59943686 > tel. +39 06 59943128 > g.leonardi@sanita.it > > > > > Da: Maia Lagvilava [mailto:mlagvilava@moh.gov.ge] > Inviato: martedì 27 febbraio 2018 14:04 > A: antonio.bartoli@esteri.it > Cc: David Sergeenko; Leonardi Giovanni; presidenza@alleanzacontroilcancro.it; embassy.tbilisi@esteri.it > Oggetto: GEORGIA SANITA' ricerca partenariato in oncologia e gestione strutture sanitarie > > Dear Ambassador, Dear Colleagues, > > First of all thank you very much for your kind attention and support. We greatly appreciate your cooperation to strengthen Georgian - Italian partnership in health sector. We are working towards finalizing the Strategic Framework of the oncological services and will shortly provide the concept note as the basis of targeted issues. > > Sincerely, > > Maia Lagvilava, MD, MHA > Deputy Minister > > 144 A. Tsereteli ave. > 0119 Tbilisi, Georgia > Tel: (+995 32) 251 00 27 (0503) > E-mail: mlagvilava@moh.gov.ge > > > > >