From : Tamar Gabunia <tgabunia@moh.gov.ge>
To : Averhoff, Francisco (CDC/DDID/NCIRD/ID) <fma0@cdc.gov>; Gamkrelidze, Amiran (CDC ncdc.ge) <a.gamkrelidze@ncdc.ge>; Maia Tsereteli <mtsereteli2002@yahoo.com>; Ana Aslanikashvili <ana.aslanikashvili@gmail.com>; Tengiz Tsertsvadze <tt@aidscenter.ge>; akaki abutidze <akakiabutidze@yahoo.com>; Nikoloz Chkhartishvili <nc@aidscenter.ge>; Nikoloz Chkhartishvili <nikoloch@yahoo.com>; jaba zarqua <jabazarqua@gmail.com>; Maia Butsashvili <maiabutsashvili@gmail.com>; George Kamkamidze <georgekamkamidze@gmail.com>; Ekaterine Adamia <eadamia@moh.gov.ge>
Subject : Re: Transitions
Received On : 13.08.2020 04:04

​Dear Dr. Averhoff


Many thanks for this update. It has been a real privilege for me to know you and work with you on Hep C elimination in Georgia. Glad to hear  that you will be supporting COVID 19 response, and hope we will have a chance to get your advise on COVID 19 response. I wish you all the success in your new position. 

With kind regards

Tamar Gabunia 


From: Averhoff, Francisco (CDC/DDID/NCIRD/ID)
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 7:37 PM
To: Gamkrelidze, Amiran (CDC ncdc.ge); Maia Tsereteli; Ana Aslanikashvili; Tengiz Tsertsvadze; akaki abutidze; Nikoloz Chkhartishvili; Nikoloz Chkhartishvili; jaba zarqua; Maia Butsashvili; George Kamkamidze; Ekaterine Adamia; Tamar Gabunia
Subject: Transitions
 

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

 

I wanted to advise you that I have left the CDC Division of Viral Hepatitis as of 1 August 2020.  You have all done an amazing job with HCV Elimination, it has been my honor and privilege to work with you all.  The support from CDC will continue, of course, with the Atlanta and Georgia based teams, I look forward to the final success!  I am staying and supporting the CDC COVID-19 response, which has been a huge challenge, and we again need to learn lessons from Georgia, just as we have for HCV Elimination. 

 

My email address remains.  Thank you again for the privilege of working with you all and the opportunity to get to know you as friends and visit your beautiful and lovely country.

 

Best regards, FA

 

Francisco Averhoff MD, MPH

CAPT US Public Health Service

COVID 19 Response

Serology Coordination

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

1600 Clifton Road

Atlanta, GA 30333

phone: 404-718-8501

e-mail: fma0@cdc.gov