BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 23
By Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:
A memorandum has been signed between United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Sweden and the Georgian Ministry of Health to support Georgia’s efforts to strengthen its medical governance and improve health care services amid the coronavirus, Trend reports referring to the UNDP mission in Georgia.
The memorandum aims to improve clinical quality assurance and the management of public hospitals across the country.
The initiative will be implemented by Curatio International Foundation (CIF), a leading organization with over 25 years of experience in health policy. The initiative is financed by the government of Sweden with $150,000.
Assistance to the health system is a part of support to governance reforms in Georgia provided through a six-year, $5-million program UNDP implemented with Swedish funding.
It will also help the recently established Georgia Medical Holding (GMH) which provides management support to publicly-owned hospitals across Georgia to manage public healthcare facilities.
"UNDP will help GMH develop an organizational strategy for institutional development and systematize the experience gained during the pandemic. UNDP will also assist the ministry in enhancing a clinical quality assurance mechanism to support treatment of patients with COVID-19,” UNDP in Georgia reports.
The report notes Georgia’s successful response to the outbreak of the coronavirus.
"Georgia’s health system demonstrated its strong capacity to protect people amidst a major healthcare crisis,” said Georgian Health Minister Ekaterine Tikaradze.
"One of the decisive factors behind Georgia’s exemplary response to the pandemic is that the authorities listened to health professionals and heeded their advice in taking action,” said Head of UNDP office in Georgia Louisa Vinton.
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