The UK's National Institute for Health Care and Research awarded £2.31 million in April 2026 for digital and home-based chronic disease innovations, but an accompanying editorial in The Lancet Digital Health highlights critical evidence gaps and implementation barriers that funding alone cannot overcome. — The horse, its treatment in health and disease with a complete guide to breeding, training and management (1906) (14585576390).jpg by Internet Archive Book Images / No restrictions via Wikimedia Commons (No restrictions)
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.
