National Center for Disease Control and Public Health of Georgia (NCDC)
Central Public Health and Research Institution under the authority of the Ministry of IDPs from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs

About
20 years in public health service

Development history of the center:
-1937 The Black Death Station was established in Georgia;
-1992 Center for Research on Particularly Dangerous Pathogens;
-1996 National Center for Disease Control;
-2003–2007 Large-scale reorganization - merger of the Department of Medical Statistics and Public Health;
-2013 Integration of R. Lugar Public Health Research Center www.ncdc.ge National Center for Disease Control and Public Health Strategic goals and objectives;

Reducing morbidity, disability and mortality from communicable diseases;
Reduction of morbidity, disability and mortality due to non-communicable diseases;
Assessment and correction of adverse environmental impacts and behavioral risk factors to improve the health status of the population;
Applied and fundamental biomedical and biotechnological scientific studies.