Subject: Re: ინფო International SOS
From: Tamuna Koriauli <[email-masked]>
To: Irma Khonelidze <[email-masked]>
Cc: Tinatin Khardziani <[email-masked]>, Tamar Gabunia <[email-masked]>, Amiran Gamkrelidze <[email-masked]>, Amiran Gamkrelidze <[email-masked]>, Irma Khonelidze <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:14:18 +0000

ქალბატონო ირმა,

დიდი მადლობა თანამშრომლობისთვის.

აღნიშნულ ინფორმაციას და ჩვენ მიერ მომზადებულ პასუხს გადავაგზავნით მთავრობის კანცელარიაში.

შემდეგ კი პასუხი მიეწოდება International Sos პლატფორმას, მიღებულ პასუხთან დაკავშირებით ჩაგაყენებთ საქმის კურსში.

საუკეთესო სურვილებით,

თამუნა

On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 4:34 PM Irma Khonelidze <[email-masked]> wrote:

მოგესალმებით თამარ,

ბატონ ამირანთან შეთანხმებით, თქვენი მოთხოვნის შესაბამისად წარმოგიდგენთ საპასუხო წერილს საწყისი კომუნიკაციისთვის.

მზად ვართ მოგაწოდოთ დამატებითი ინფორმაცია საჭიროებისამებრ.

პატივისცემით,

ირმა

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International SOS Travel Risk Map 2020 classified Georgia (country) as a destination with HIGH TRAVEL MEDICAL RISK. We looked at the corresponding definition and can assure you that the characteristics are not realistic and inappropriate for the country. Therefore we kindly request to share more preside definition of indicators and the source of information used.

There is a well-developed healthcare system comprised of public and private health facilities, providing a comprehensive range of services from primary to high-technological care (including but not limited to cardio surgery, neurosurgery, liver and kidney transplantation, surgical care for injuries, etc.). The specialist care is accessible starting from district level to regional and central. In total there are 273 inpatients facilities with 15909 beds (426.9 hospital beds per 100,000 population). The country has got 2283 outpatient facilities, including 1267 rural physicians and 625 dental clinics. Number of physicians per 100,000 population is rather high 831.9 (statistics yearbook 2018 https://www.ncdc.ge/Pages/User/News.aspx?ID=a9ee8a02-ef7a-4d3a-b510-39aefd5872da&language=ka-GE).

All health service providers are formally licensed. According to WHO Euro assessment 89% of Georgia hospitals demonstrate high or average resilience to the impact of possible disasters, and are ability to continue safe operations under adverse conditions caused by emergencies (http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/420384/Hospital_Safety-Report_WHO_web.pdf?ua=1). Several hospitals and laboratories have got international accreditation (Joint Commission International, ISO, WHO).

Georgia has become a popular tourist destination with a growing number of visitor looking for health services. The most popular medical services account for dentistry, cosmetology and plastic surgery. Every year Hundreds of foreign patients are coming to Tbilisi as a center of excellence for treatment with bacteriophages (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/perfect-predator-inside-tbilisi-clinic-pioneering-radical-superbug/.

The country has a countrywide network of pharmacies and enacted legal provisions for ensuring that the market is free of counterfeit pharmaceutical products and that physical conditions in manufacturing facilities and retail pharmacies are operating in conformity with established standards. This includes regulating the import, manufacture and export of pharmaceuticals (as assessed by WHO).

Local cases have not been reported in the country: malaria since 2010, typhoid since 2000 and cholera since 1972. The incidence of water and food-borne diseases does not exceed rates in Eastern Europe, including former Soviet countries. The country has strong real-time surveillance system for monitoring infectious diseases.

And finally, it is worth mentioning that the healthcare system development level enabled Georgia to implement innovative programs such as Hepatitis C elimination and become a model for many countries visiting Georgia for experience sharing.

According to the criteria published by you, we believe that Georgia belongs to the low risk countries. We hope that you will consider our concerns and are ready to provide any reliable data related to your indicators to enable more transparent and fair rating and correspondingly changing the map.

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From: Tamuna Koriauli <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 12:30
Subject: Fwd: ინფო International SOS
To: [email-masked] <[email-masked]>

ბატონო ამირან,

შეთანხმებისამებრ, გიგზავნით რუკას და ორგანიზაციის ვებ გვერდს https://www.internationalsos.com/.

რუკაზე საქართველო მონიშნულია როგორც High level medical risk ქვეყანა.

გთხოვთ, მოგვაწოდოთ ინფორმაცია კომპეტენციის ფარგლებში, (სასურველია ინგლისურ ენაზე) რომ ჩვენი მხრიდან ვუზრუნველყოთ სათანადო რეაგირება.

მადლობა წინასწარ,

საუკეთესო სურვილებით,

თამუნა

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Irma Khonelidze

Deputy Director General, MPA

National Center for Disease Control and
Public Health

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Irma Khonelidze

Deputy Director General, MPA

National Center for Disease Control and
Public Health