On June 12-16, Mrs. Tamar Lobjanidze, Director of the School of Health Sciences and Public Health of the University of Georgia and Professor Otar Vasadze, Head of Health Administration Programs, attended the International Symposium on Global Health which was held in Los Angeles (Long Beach), USA. The purpose of the visit was to obtain international accreditation of health administration programs.

The University of Georgia and its partner universities (University of Scranton and the University of Central Florida) presented to the symposium reports on the development of their health administration programs.

It was planned that in autumn the School of Health Sciences and Public Health of the University of Georgia will host the representatives from the Association of University Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA) and Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME).