1. Nino Mdivani NTP of Georgia
TB CONTROL IN GEORGIA
Nino Mdivani
NTP of Georgia

3. Three Periods of TB Control in Georgia
Soviet Model of TB control

4. No TB Control in Georgia
No TB Control in Georgia

5. 1996
1995
NTP
WHO
GORI
TBILISI
RUSTAVI

6. TB in Georgia
Before NTP
NTP

7. TB in Georgia
per population

8. Mortality Rate in Georgia
2000 – 338

9. TB cases by regions
per population
No Data available

10. Incidence rate by regions

11. Distribution of New cases by sex and age 2002

12. Pulmonary/Extrapulmonary cases

13. New pulmonary cases by smear examination

14. Pulmonary TB positivity rate

15. Distribution of New Smear+ cases by sex and age 2002

16. Smear-positive incidence rate in Georgia

17. Case Detection rate

18. Case Detection rate by regions

19. Treatment Outcomes in New Smear Positive Cases 2001

20. Treatment Outcomes in Retreatment Smear Positive Cases 2001

21. Profile of Extrapulmonary TB Georgia, 2002

22. Distribution of New Extrapulmonary cases by sex and age 2002

23. Pediatric TB Cases

24. TB meningitis in children

25. TB in Prisons

26. Multi-Drug Resistance in new cases Prisons

27. Summary: High default rate; Low case detection rate;
Low Pulmonary TB positivity rate;
Presumptive high MDR TB rate;