Speakers

 Dr. Gabunia is a medical doctor from Tbilisi State Medical University, holds an MPH from University of Georgia, United States. She has more than 20 years of experience working in health sectors in low-and-middle-income country settings fostering health system strengthening and TB, MDR TB-focused activities. She has spent the last 18 years in senior level management positions leading and supporting public health initiatives, including TB, Malaria, HIV, Primary Health Care, health financing, governance, and human resources. The focus of her work for the past six years has been strengthening national health systems to address TB and MDR TB in high TB burden countries. Since 2019 Tamar Gabunia works as the First Deputy Minister at the Ministry for IDPs from the Occupied Territories, Labor, Health and Social Affairs. Since August 2022 Dr Gabunia has been an acting director for National Center for Disease Control and Public Health.