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Giorgi Sakhokia: MICS findings will help the Georgian Government plan further steps based on actual data
2019-11-29 The National Statistics Office of Georgia, the Administration of the Government of Georgia, UNICEF Georgia, and the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health have presented the findings of the 2018-2019 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey to the media. "We are excited that the National Statistics Office of Georgia, as a result of a long record of cooperation with UNICEF, has successfully completed national-level MICS, which reflects information on the wellbeing of children by country and region. The findings reveal progress in terms of improving the conditions of children in the past few years, though there are still major challenges that will be surely dealt with," UNICEF Representative Ghassan Khali said. CEO of the National Statistics Office Gogita Todradze thanked UNICEF for supporting MICS and other activities, and congratulated the implementing team on the successful completion of the project. According to him, "This survey seeks to collect detailed information on the conditions of families, women, and children in the country. MICS has been implemented with significant support from 11 different donors, including the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), USAID, the French Development Agency (AFD), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), the World Health Organization (WHO), UNDP, the World Bank, the Italian National Institute of Health, and NCDC. The survey will help the Georgian Government solve existing problems by developing a concrete working plan based on actual data, and its implementation will promote reaching sustainable development goals.
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