Subject: RE: Re Strategic roundtable on NCDs in Georgia
From: Ekaterine Khositashvili <[email-masked]>
To: Tamar Gabunia <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 10:31:36 +0000

Ms. Collins will be available at 14:00
today (WHO cafeteria).  Does this time slot suit well?

Ekaterine

From: Tamar Gabunia <[email-masked]>

Sent: Tuesday, February 4, 2020 10:26 AM

To: Ekaterine Khositashvili <[email-masked]>

Subject: FW: Re Strategic roundtable on NCDs in Georgia

Dear Kato

Sharing the contact information for Madam Tea Collins, Could you please kindly coordinate with her for setting a quick meeting, +41 078 883 23 06

Many thanks!

პატივისცემით,

თამარ გაბუნია

მინისტრის პირველი მოადგილე

Sincerely,

Tamar Gabunia,
MD, MPH

First Deputy Minister

From: COLLINS, Tea [mailto:[email-masked]]

Sent: 31 January, 2020 13:28

To: Tamar Gabunia <[email-masked]>

Cc: Amiran Gamkrelidze <[email-masked]>

Subject: Re: Re Strategic roundtable on NCDs in Georgia

დიდი
მადლობა.

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On 31 Jan 2020, at 09:51, Tamar Gabunia <[email-masked]> wrote:

დიდი
მადლობა ქნო
თეა. შეგატყობინებთ
აუცილებლად. ჩემი
ნომერიც გქონდეთ
ყოველი შემთხვევისთვის 995599071018.

პატივისცემით

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From: "COLLINS, Tea" <[email-masked]>

Date: 1/31/20 9:41 AM (GMT+01:00)

To: Tamar Gabunia <[email-masked]>

Cc: Amiran Gamkrelidze <[email-masked]>

Subject: Re: Re Strategic roundtable on NCDs in Georgia

დიდი
მადლობა, ბატონო
ამირან, წარდგენისათვის.

ქალბატონო
თამარ, დაველოდები
თქვენს შეტყობინებას  როდის
იქნება
თქვენთვის მოსახერხებელი
რომ შევხვდეთ
მომავალ კვირას at WHO.

ჩემი
პირადი მობილურის
ნომერია:

+41 078 883 23 06

პატივისცემით,

თეა

Sent from my iPhone

On 31 Jan 2020, at 07:00, Tamar Gabunia <[email-masked]> wrote:

მადლობა
ბატონო
ამირან!

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

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From: Amiran Gamkrelidze <[email-masked]>

Date: 1/30/20 8:06 PM (GMT+01:00)

To: Tamar Gabunia <[email-masked]>

Cc:
[email-masked]

Subject: FW: Re Strategic roundtable on NCDs in Georgia

ქალბატონო
თამარ,

ეს
არის
საკითხი,
რომელზედაც
ჰქონდა
ჩემთან
კომუნიკაცია
ჩვენს
თანამემულე
თეას
ჯანმოს
სათაო
ოფისიდან
რის
შესახებაც
გესაუბრეთ.
თეა
დაგიკავშირდებათ
ჟენევაში
აღმასრულებელ
საბჭოს
სხდომის
მიმდინარეობისას.

საუკეთესო
სურვილებით,

ამირანი

Amiran Gamkrelidze, MD, PhD, Professor

National Center for Disease Control and Public Health

Director General

Tbilisi 0186, 9 M.Asatiani Str.

Phone/Fax: +995 32 2311755

Email:
[email-masked]

www.ncdc.ge

From: COLLINS, Tea [mailto:[email-masked]]

Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2020 12:47 PM

To: Amiran Gamkrelidze

Subject: Re Strategic roundtable on NCDs in Georgia

ბატონო
ამირან,
დიდი
მადლობა
დახმარებისთვის.

Following up on our call last week, I would like to share two pieces of information:

1. Background on the new department – WHO Global NCD Platform

2. Brief description of the proposed strategic roundtable

WHO Global NCD Platform (GNP)
– The new department was created as a result of the WHO transformation. It is under the office of the WHO Deputy Director-General.

The purpose of the GNP is to coordinate the UN system and mobilize meaningful and effective commitments and contributions from UN organizations and non-State actors for the overall strategic
directions and priorities of WHO’s work on SDG target 3.4 and other NCD-related SDGs. The goal is to maximize the number of countries that will be able to reach SDG 3.4 by 2030, taking into account the commitments included in the UNGA Political Declarations
on NCDs from 2011, 2014 and 2018.

Thematic strategic roundtables are an important part of the GNP’s work plan 2020-2021. They are intended as a country-support tool to advocate with governments, UN organizations and non-State actors at the highest
level for the whole-of-government and the whole-of-society response and greater investments to address the NCD and other NCD-related SDG targets. Strategic roundtables are also critical in promoting the development, consolidation, dissemination, and uptake
of knowledge and evidence-based solutions and best practices on tackling NCDs. The intention is to help the Member States identify their own national priorities, and define the need for technical assistance that WHO can provide or facilitate.

Strategic Roundtable in Georgia
- As discussed, we would like to informally propose a regional workshop/strategic roundtable with the objective to explore the crucial role of the health workforce in noncommunicable disease (NCD) prevention and control across
the continuum of care. This is relevant in the context of countries’ efforts to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) and reach SDG target 3.4 (to reduce premature mortality from NCDs by one third by 2030 and enhance mental health and well-being)
of the 2030 Agenda of Sustainable Development. Georgia’s leadership in this endeavor would be greatly appreciated given its increasingly important role in the high-level political processes related to global health (e.g. Georgia was a co-facilitator of the
UNGA High-level Meeting on UHC together with Thailand).

The three High-level Meetings of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on NCD prevention and control in 2011, 2014 and 2018, as well as the UNHA High-level Meeting on NCDs in 2019, provided
a powerful platform to galvanize action at national and global levels to address NCDs as part of UHC, but the implementation in countries has been slow and uneven. This can partially be explained by a shortage of health workforce, particularly at the primary
healthcare level (PHC), capable of providing comprehensive care from prevention to treatment, rehabilitation, and palliation. The medical education systems are also poorly equipped to train the workforce in public health and PHC strategies to tackle global
health challenges at the country level. In addition, healthcare workers need to be trained to incorporate the social determinants of health (SDH) into their daily practices to achieve equity and prevent NCDs.

The regional strategic roundtable will be organized by the World Health Organization (WHO GNP) in partnership with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Affairs of Georgia, National
Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC), and the World Medical Association in close coordination with the WHO Country Office in Tbilisi and WHO EURO. Local participants may include high-level representatives of the national Ministry of Health,
Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Environment, international organizations, professional associations, healthcare workers, and patients living with NCDs. Other participants from the region may also be invited. Speakers and facilitators
will be provided by WHO.

TENTATIVE PROGRAMME
(will be revised after the concept note is developed in consultation with MoH, NCDC and other partners)

Introduction

1. Perspectives on NCDs – WHO

2. The SDH as drivers of NCDs – Institute of Health Equity, University College London (Prof Sir Michael Marmot will be invited)

Session 1 – Building actions on the Social Determinants of Health to address NCDs and mental health conditions

3. Cross-government and cross-sector actions on reducing inequities in NCDs

4. Roundtable discussions

Session 2 – The Role of health professionals in tackling health inequities in NCDs

5. The health workers role to address NCDs: health system challenges and opportunities

6. Transformative education to prepare a fit-for-purpose health workforce

Session 3 – Priorities and the need for tailored technical assistance

7. Priorities and knowledge gaps

8. Roundtable discussions

Thank you very much for your kind attention and looking forward to hearing about the next steps.

With best wishes,

Tea

Dr Téa E. Collins

Adviser

Office of the Deputy Director-General

Global NCD Platform

World Health Organization

Room 4059, Avenue Appia 20, CH-1211

Geneva 27, Switzerland

+41 79 441 23 31

Email:
[email-masked]