STOP C: Presidential couple joins fight against Hepatitis C
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Georgia’s President and the first lady have joined the country's new campaign to intensify the fight against Hepatitis C.
President Giorgi Margvelashvili and his pregnant partner Maka Chichua, posted a picture on the President’s official Facebook page that showed themselves posing with their hands outstretched, showing off words written on their palms that said: "STOP C”.
Giorgi Margvelashvili and Maka Chichua; Photo by the President's Press Service.
Georgia declared 2015 as the year of fighting against Hepatitis C.
Health Minister David Sergeenko said new Hepatitis C medicine would soon enter the Georgian market from the United States and would almost completely eliminate the infectious disease in the country.
In order to raise Hepatitis C awareness in Georgia, Sergeenko launched the STOP C campaign. Within the initiative, high officials post pictures of themselves with "STOP C” written on their palms and challenge other authorities or agencies to join the campaign.
Georgia's Foreign Ministry and Energy Ministry, as well as the Chief Prosecutor's Office have already joined the STOP C campaign.
Head office of the Foreign Ministry with Minister Tamar Beruchashvili in the centre. Photo by the Foreign Ministry's Press Service
Head office of the Energy Ministry with Minister Kakha Kaladze in the centre. Photo by the Energy Ministry's Press Service
The Chief Prosecutor's Office of Georgia. Photo by the Office's Press Service
The Ministers, Deputy Ministers and the entire staff of the head offices of the two Ministries and the Chief Prosecutor have openly supported the Health Minister’s call to join the initiative.
The Foreign Ministry invited Georgia’s Embassies abroad and foreign missions in Georgia to take part in the campaign.
The Georgian Government has declared 2015 as the year of fighting against Hepatitis C, says Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.
Georgia is stepping up its fight against the infectious disease hepatitis C with new medicine soon to enter the local market.
Georgia is preparing to sign a trilateral agreement that will allow a new medicine to be introduced to the market, which aimed to completely eradicate the infectious disease in Georgia.
In about five years from now, Georgia will be a Hepatitis C-free country thanks to a unique treatment program which was introduced today.
Georgia has announced a new major reform to modernise the country’s health system.
Twenty-three people involved in Georgia’s unique Hepatitis C elimination program have been cured of the life-threatening virus after one month of treatment, announced Georgian officials today.
The current Government of Georgia is pledging to take responsibility to fund the treatment of Aids, tuberculosis and malaria for all sufferers in Georgia.
Thousands of children in need will receive help and gifts from President of Georgia to mark the festive season as Giorgi Margvelashvili and first lady Maka Chichua also hosted disabled kids at the President's Christmas Tree event on Monday.
Georgia’s Minister of Health, Labour and Social Affairs Davit Sergeenko says the treatment of Hepatitis C will continue in Georgia until the virus has been eliminated from the country and all sufferers are cured.
Twenty thousand people suffering from Hepatitis C in Georgia will receive free treatment this year and potentially enjoy 100 percent recovery thanks to an offer from American pharmaceutical firm Gilead to provide a new medicine to Georgia for free.
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