USAID Administrator lauds Georgian PM’s efforts in reducing lead levels by two-thirds in country’s regions
“This is a measurable success achieved by PM Garibashvili”, the USAID Administrator emphasised. Photo via Imedi TV channel
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Samantha Power, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, on Wednesday thanked Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili for his efforts to reduce the blood lead levels by two-thirds in the “most affected” regions of Georgia “in just five years”.
In her remarks at the panel discussion, titled Towards a Lead-Free Future, in which Garibashvili also participated, Power praised the PM’s work to treat and prevent lead exposure in the country.
This is a measurable success achieved by PM Garibashvili”, the USAID Administrator emphasised.
The work carried out by the Georgian Government in preventing the lead poisoning-related problems was “positively evaluated” at the panel discussion, which included Power and Garibashvili, as well as Mudrick Soraga, Minister of State President's Office, Labour, Economy and Investment of Tanzania and Lucy Perez, the Senior Partner at management consulting company - McKinsey & Company.
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