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Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze

Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD, MPH, PhD, is Editor-in-Chief of the Georgian Medical Journal and Chair of the Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG). He is Professor and Head of the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences at David Tvildiani Medical University, and Secretary/Treasurer of the UEMS Section of Public Health. ORCID: 0000-0001-7609-4515.
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Medically Tailored Meals Reduce Healthcare Costs by $2,400 Per Person, US Analysis Shows

New analysis shows medically tailored meal programs reduce healthcare costs by $2,400 per person annually. At least twelve US states…

Four Health Workers Recover from Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo as Treatment Capacity Expands

Four nurses have recovered from Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo as WHO expands treatment capacity with a newly refurbished…

Utah’s AI Sandbox Demonstrates Independent Oversight Model for Clinical AI

Utah's clinical AI sandbox has evaluated 47 AI tools across 12 healthcare systems while reducing testing timelines from 18 to…

Lebanon Hospital Strikes Leave Vulnerable Patients Without Care, WHO Warns

WHO investigates reports of hospital strikes in Tyre, Lebanon, as healthcare attacks rise across the country. Vulnerable populations including children…

Cohort Studies of Interventions Face Critical Outcome Reporting Gaps, BMJ Analysis Reveals

New BMJ analysis reveals cohort studies examining medical interventions lack the registration and reporting standards required for randomised trials, despite…

New Drug Daraxonrasib Nearly Doubles Pancreatic Cancer Survival in Phase 3 Trial

Daraxonrasib nearly doubles survival in advanced pancreatic cancer patients with KRAS G12C mutations. The breakthrough targets a previously "undruggable" protein…

Small-Molecule Drugs Enable Safer, More Precise Therapeutic Genome Editing

New research shows small-molecule drugs can precisely control therapeutic genome editing, achieving 85% improved accuracy while reducing off-target effects by…

CDC Reports Severe Complications from Medical Tourism Cosmetic Procedures

CDC surveillance data reveals serious complications in Americans seeking cosmetic procedures abroad, with many requiring emergency treatment for drug-resistant infections…