Public Health Gains after Donor Transition: What can we learn about Georgia?
The CIF research team publishes Synthesis Report entitled: “Sustaining Public Health Gains after Donor Transition: What can we learn about Georgia?”. The research project aimed to comprehensively evaluate donor transitions that took place in Georgia in the immunization program (NIP) after introducing new vaccines with Gavi support and the Global Fund-supported opioid substitution treatment (OST) […]
Study report: Adaptations made in TB response during Covid-19 pandemic in Georgia | Curatio International Foundation
The CIF research team publishes study report entitled “What adaptations were made in TB response during Covid-19 pandemic in Georgia: health systems perspective on the implications for TB case detection and treatment provision”. The research project aimed to study how the state tuberculosis program in Georgia adapted during the Covid-19 pandemic: what was the impact of the […]
Closing Project: Tuberculosis Community Systems Strengthening in Georgia | Curatio International Foundation
The Curatio International Foundation has fulfilled a Tuberculosis Community Systems Strengthening (TBCSS) Project in Georgia, funded by the Stop TB partnership in the frame of Challenge Facility for Civil Society (CFCS) round 7 program. The goal for the project was to strengthen community response that is integrated and a part of a comprehensive response to […]
Conference paper: The Study of Barriers and Facilitators to Adherence to Treatment among Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in Georgia to Inform Policy Decision | Curatio International Foundation
The abstract has been submitted and accept for oral presentation at The Union 2017 – 48th Union World Conference on Lung Health, 11 – 14 October, 2017 Guadalajara, Mexico The study outlines different health system factors as long as some social and economic elements influencing the adherence behavior to TB treatment among MDR-TB patients in […]
Conference paper about realist evaluation: Informing policy, assessing its effects and understanding how it works for improved Tuberculosis management in Georgia | Curatio International Foundation
In the last week of October, 2017 Brisbane, Australia hosted International Conference for Realist Research Evaluation and Synthesis – Realist2017. Realist evaluation is complex sensitive approach and is useful for decision makers because rather responding the question “does the intervention or program work” Realist Evaluation indicates “What works for whom in what circumstances, and how?” […]
Barriers and Facilitators to Adherence to Treatment Among Drug Resistant TB Patients in Georgia | Curatio International Foundation
Tuberculosis is a global challenge to public health throughout the world. Poor adherence to treatment remains a significant problem that prevents countries from obtaining high treatment success rates that is essential for health systems to control the epidemic and decrease spread of the disease. In 2016 Curatio International Foundation conducted a qualitative study to investigate […]
TB community systems strengthening in Georgia
Curatio International Foundation together with the Partnership for Research and Action for Health organized a meeting at the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health on 26th of December, where two different study findings were represented. Studies aimed to reveal Referral Delay from Primary Care facilities to specialized TB centers and Health System Factors […]