WHO Africa launches 2026 World Blood Donor Day campaign highlighting critical blood shortages across the continent that threaten emergency care and maternal health services. The regional office emphasizes voluntary donation as essential for healthcare system functionality. — A police officer serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia donates blood at the AMISOM Force Headquarters.jpg by AMISOM Public Information / CC0 via Wikimedia Commons (CC0)
MD, MPH, PhD. Editor-in-Chief, Georgian Medical Journal (GMJ). Professor and Head, School of Public Health, David Tvildiani Medical University (DTMU), Tbilisi, Georgia. Chair, Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG). President, Accréditation Sans Frontières (ASF), Paris. Secretary/Treasurer, UEMS Section of Public Health. WHO Consultant, Health and Migration, Geneva. Former Member, UN Secretary-General's Independent Accountability Panel for Every Woman, Every Child, Every Adolescent (IAP-EWEC, 2016–2021). ORCID: 0000-0001-7609-4515.
