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The document was signed as part of the EU associated membership agreement. The document was signed by Georgian Health Minister David Sergeenko and the group coordinator Jean Elie Malkin.The Georgian healthcare reforms are being taken to higher standards, Georgian Health Minister David Sergeenko told reporters.“The healthcare system represents a certain challenge in all countries. The system should be renovated periodically and fundamental directions should be modernized.

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USAID funded Georgia Tuberculosis Prevention Project facilitated translation of the revised TB Definitions and adaptation of the recording and reporting forms as recommended by WHO. The new WHO document updates the previous standard case definitions for TB and drug-resistant TB, the categories used to assign outcomes and the standard reporting framework for TB. The revised definitions and forms were approved by the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs and TPP developed a training program to support countrywide implementation of the revised TB definitions and reporting-recording system. The trainings were conducted in February – March, 2015 and covered all TB specialists, as well as lab technicians involved in TB diagnosis in Georgia.