Subject: Re: Propose Reschedule Spring Workshop
From: "Averhoff, Francisco (CDC/DDID/NCHHSTP/DVH)" <[email-masked]>
To: Tamar Gabunia <[email-masked]>, "Gamkrelidze, Amiran (CDC ncdc.ge)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 13:29:05 +0000

Dear Dr. Tamar and Dr. Amiran, thank you both personally for your spirit of collaboration and teamwork, I greatly value our shared work.  I pray you and your country be spared the worst of this outbreak.

Best regards, FA

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From: Tamar Gabunia <[email-masked]>

Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 3:00:02 AM

To: Averhoff, Francisco (CDC/DDID/NCHHSTP/DVH) <[email-masked]>; Gamkrelidze, Amiran (CDC ncdc.ge) <[email-masked]>

Cc: Ekaterine Adamia <[email-masked]>; MaiaTsereteliYahoo <[email-masked]>; Glass, Nancy (CDC/DDID/NCHHSTP/DVH) <[email-masked]>; Nasrullah, Muazzam (CDC/DDID/NCHHSTP/DVH) <[email-masked]>; Irinka Tskhomelidze <[email-masked]>;
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Subject: Re: Propose Reschedule Spring Workshop

​Dear Dr. Averhoff

Many thanks for your e-mail. Absolutely, in order to make sure that the Hep C workshop gets adequate attention from all of us, it would be better to reschedule for a later date when hopefully things will normalize everywhere. On our end we continue all hep
C related interventions and we can use telecommunication for seeking your advice on next steps.

We'll make necessary arrangements to inform participants as needed.

With kind regards

Tamar Gabunia

From: Averhoff, Francisco (CDC/DDID/NCHHSTP/DVH) <[email-masked]>

Sent: Monday, March 2, 2020 7:06 PM

To: Tamar Gabunia; Gamkrelidze, Amiran (CDC ncdc.ge)

Cc: Ekaterine Adamia; MaiaTsereteliYahoo; Glass, Nancy (CDC/DDID/NCHHSTP/DVH); Nasrullah, Muazzam (CDC/DDID/NCHHSTP/DVH); Irinka Tskhomelidze; Tinatin Kuchuloria; Lia Gvinjilia

Subject: Propose Reschedule Spring Workshop

Dear Dr. Gabunia and Dr. Amiran,

I hope this note finds you well, during what I know is a very busy time with the evolving situation around COVID-19.  The situation is similar here in the US, particularly with new evidence of domestic transmission.  Given the situation
both here and Georgia, the unknowns, the potential impact on travel, including restrictions, the need for priority attention being given to this threat form the Ministry and the NCDC, I wanted to propose we plan to reschedule the workshop, targeting sometime
this summer, when hopefully the situation will calm.  You should also be aware that for us, we still do not have travel restrictions, but that situation could change any day.

Please let me know your thoughts, and of course we need to advise the meeting participants, and in particular, international participants that were planning to travel to Georgia, immediately.  I regret to propose this, but I think it
would be the most prudent course.  We will of course continue our work in support of the HCV program as a priority.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards, FA

Francisco Averhoff MD, MPH

CAPT US Public Health Service

Associate Director for Global Health

Division of Viral Hepatitis

National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

1600 Clifton Road, MS G-37

Atlanta, GA 30333

phone: 404-718-8501

fax: 404-718-8588

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