A geographic accessibility study found that 2.7 million Malians cannot reach antiretroviral therapy services within 2 hours' travel time. Geographic distance accounts for 70% of the access gap, while facility-level barriers including inadequate supplies and staff training account for the remainder. — Photo by Miguel Á. Padriñán on Pexels (Pexels License)
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.
