Category Archive for "Article"
New Paper: Counting the savings: impact of Georgia’s drug policy interventions on households
CIF researchers Tsotne Gorgodze, Akaki Zoidze & George Gotsadze published new scientific article in the International Journal for Equity in Health. The article entitled “Counting the savings: impact of Georgia’s drug policy interventions on households” has been developed in the…
New Paper: Financial protection and universal health coverage in Georgia: an analysis of impoverishing healthcare costs using household income and expenditure surveys
CIF researchers Tsotne Gorgodze, Akaki Zoidze, Jolly Mae Catalan and George Gotsadze published new scientific article in the BMJ Global Health Journal. The article entitled “Financial protection and universal health coverage in Georgia: an analysis of impoverishing healthcare costs using…
New Paper: A transdiagnostic psychosocial prevention-intervention service for young people in the Republic of Georgia
Mental health and psychosocial prevention and support services for young people in the Republic of Georgia have been extremely limited, leaving a wide treatment and care gap.
Paper: Soviet legacy is still pervasive in health policy and systems research in the post-Soviet states
Article: How do participatory methods shape policy? Applying a realist approach to the formulation of a new tuberculosis policy in Georgia
The paper presents the iterative process of participatory multistakeholder engagement that informed the development of a new national tuberculosis (TB) policy in Georgia, and the lessons learned.
Article: Barriers to mental health care utilization among internally displaced persons in the republic of Georgia: a rapid appraisal study
The new paper identifies the health system barriers leading to low rates of utilization of mental health services among internally displaced people (IDP) with mental disorders. The paper was published in BMC Health Services Research authored by Adrianna Murphy, Ivdity Chikovani, Maia Uchaneishvili, Nino Makhashvili and Bayard Roberts.
Article: Barriers to delivering mental health services in Georgia with an economic and financial focus: informing policy and acting on evidence
A new paper discusses the economic and financial barriers to delivering mental health services in Georgia and assessing the opportunities for reform that can support the development of strategies for change.
Article: Human immunodeficiency virus prevalence and risk determinants among people who inject drugs in the Republic of Georgia
Significant associations were found between HIV positivity and history of drug injection, older age at first drug injection, safe sex behavior last year and preventive program coverage. HIV prevalence among PWID is stable and remains at low level.
Article: Determinants analysis of outpatient service utilization in Georgia: can the approach help inform benefit package design?
Curatio International Foundation conducted secondary data analyses of Health Service Utilization and Expenditure survey (2 waves), conducted by Ministry of Labor Health and Social Affairs of Georgia, supported by WHO and The World Bank. We studied factors that impact utilization…
Article: Privilege and inclusivity in shaping Global Health agendas
Health Policy and Planning published an article Privilege and inclusivity in shaping Global Health agendas. CIF director George Gotsadze co-authors the paper together with Kabir Sheikh, Sara Bennett and Fadi el Jardali. The article discusses lack of inclusivity in Global Health…