Magnesium deficiency is implicated in multiple chronic diseases including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and osteoporosis, with bidirectional relationships where deficiency contributes to disease whilst disease processes deplete magnesium stores. Yet this metabolic deficiency remains underdiagnosed in clinical practice. — Photo by Gizem Nikomedi on Unsplash (Unsplash 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.
