This document provides a comprehensive assessment of the Georgian vaccine preventable disease (VPD) surveillance system and identifies major problems in the Georgian health system that limit the ability of current surveillance efforts to provide quality information to guide public health actions. Strategic directions for VPD surveillance strengthening to counter these problems are also presented.

Author(s): Georgia's Ministry of Labor, Health, and Social Affairs and National Center for Disease Control

Published: 2002

Resource types: Report

Diseases: Not disease/vaccine specific

Topics: Disease burden and surveillance

Regions: Eastern Europe