On December 24, 2014 the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA) with the support of the Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture (LMA), US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Colorado State University (CSU) organized one day master class on One Health related issues. The meeting was held at the Tbilisi Courtyard Marriott Hotel.
The master class was opened by Maka Ioseliani, GIPA Rector; Levan Davitashvili, Deputy Minister of Agriculture; Maia Bitadze, Deputy Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Protection, and Archil Talakvadze, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs.
The master class was lead by Lali Madzgharashvili, Head of the LMA, and Kendra Stauffer, US CDC representative in Georgia and One Health Team Leader. Representatives of the Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection and Ministry of Internal Affairs comprised the participants of the master class.
Nana Kashakashvili, Head of the Georgian Rural Development Department of GIPA, awarded certificates of participation to all those in attendance.
GIPA has expressed its intent to actively work towards the development of the One Health process along with offering different educational opportunities to interested parties.
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