Conducting research on diseases of global and local public health importance to create scientific basis for implementation and enhancement of public health policies and practices in Georgia Source: US National Institutes of Health (NIH) https://reporter.nih.gov/search/NUEaBewQW06RQtaWX3NSGA/project-details/10259645 https://reporter.nih.gov/search/NUEaBewQW06RQtaWX3NSGA/project-details/10124447 https://reporter.nih.gov/search/NUEaBewQW06RQtaWX3NSGA/project-details/10402033 The Georgian National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) in collaboration with CDC USA and local institutions within the collaborative grant project titled “Conducting research on diseases of global and local public health importance to create scientific basis for implementation and enhancement of public health policies and practices in Georgia” (RFA-GH-20-004 Conducting Public Health Research in Georgia) is planning to implement two research projects : 1. Study of Etiology, Risk Factors and Molecular Epidemiology of Zoonotic and Vector-borne Acute Febrile Illnesses in Georgia, 2020-2025 and 2. Molecular epidemiology and associated risk- factors of multi-drug resistant pathogens, in Georgia, 2020-2025 Funding: 2020 - $800,000 2020 - $139,000 2021 - $200,000