Natia Rukhadze
Biographic Data
| ID | 1739637 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Natia Rukhadze |
| GIVEN NAMES | Natia |
| FAMILY NAME | Rukhadze |
| SIGNATURE | RUKHADZE N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Curatio International Foundation |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
An impact evaluation of medical insurance for poor in Georgia: Preliminary results and policy implications
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this article is to assess the impact of the new health financing reform in Georgia-'medical insurance for the poor (MIP)'-which uses private insurance companies and delivers state-subsidized health benefits to the poorest groups of the Georgian population. METHODS: To evaluate the reform we looked at access to health care services and financial protection against health care costs, which are two key dimensions proposed…
Has Global Fund support for civil society advocacy in the Former Soviet Union established meaningful engagement or 'a lot of jabber about nothing
Although civil society advocacy for health issues such as HIV transmission through injecting drug use is higher on the global health agenda than previously, its impact on national policy reform has been limited. In this paper we seek to understand why this is the case through an examination of civil society advocacy efforts to reform HIV/AIDS and drugs-related policies and their implementation in three former Soviet Union countries. In-depth semi…
Determinants of Risky Sexual Behavior Among Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) in Georgia
Unsafe Injection and Sexual Risk Behavior among Injecting Drug Users in Georgia
Circus monkeys or change agents? Civil society advocacy for HIV/Aids in adverse policy environments
National and subnational HIV/Aids coordination: Are global health initiatives closing the gap between intent and practice
BACKGROUND: A coordinated response to HIV/AIDS remains one of the 'grand challenges' facing policymakers today. Global health initiatives (GHIs) have the potential both to facilitate and exacerbate coordination at the national and subnational level. Evidence of the effects of GHIs on coordination is beginning to emerge but has hitherto been limited to single-country studies and broad-brush reviews. To date, no study has provided a focused synthes…
Health system barriers to strengthening vaccine-preventable disease surveillance and response in the context of decentralization: Evidence from Georgia
To strengthen surveillance and response systems in Georgia, as well as in other countries, donor, governments, and other stakeholders should consider how health systems factors influence investments to improve the availability of data, analysis, and response. Linking the intervention to broader health sector reforms in management processes and organizational culture will be critical to ensure that efforts designed to promote evidence-based decisi…
Circus monkeys or change agents? Civil society advocacy for HIV/Aids in adverse policy environments
Has Global Fund support for civil society advocacy in the Former Soviet Union established meaningful engagement or 'a lot of jabber about nothing
Although civil society advocacy for health issues such as HIV transmission through injecting drug use is higher on the global health agenda than previously, its impact on national policy reform has been limited. In this paper we seek to understand why this is the case through an examination of civil society advocacy efforts to reform HIV/AIDS and drugs-related policies and their implementation in three former Soviet Union countries. In-depth semi…
Unsafe Injection and Sexual Risk Behavior among Injecting Drug Users in Georgia
Health system barriers to strengthening vaccine-preventable disease surveillance and response in the context of decentralization: Evidence from Georgia
To strengthen surveillance and response systems in Georgia, as well as in other countries, donor, governments, and other stakeholders should consider how health systems factors influence investments to improve the availability of data, analysis, and response. Linking the intervention to broader health sector reforms in management processes and organizational culture will be critical to ensure that efforts designed to promote evidence-based decisi…
National and subnational HIV/Aids coordination: Are global health initiatives closing the gap between intent and practice
BACKGROUND: A coordinated response to HIV/AIDS remains one of the 'grand challenges' facing policymakers today. Global health initiatives (GHIs) have the potential both to facilitate and exacerbate coordination at the national and subnational level. Evidence of the effects of GHIs on coordination is beginning to emerge but has hitherto been limited to single-country studies and broad-brush reviews. To date, no study has provided a focused synthes…
Unsafe Injection and Sexual Risk Behavior among Injecting Drug Users in Georgia
Circus monkeys or change agents? Civil society advocacy for HIV/Aids in adverse policy environments
Determinants of Risky Sexual Behavior Among Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) in Georgia
Has Global Fund support for civil society advocacy in the Former Soviet Union established meaningful engagement or 'a lot of jabber about nothing
Although civil society advocacy for health issues such as HIV transmission through injecting drug use is higher on the global health agenda than previously, its impact on national policy reform has been limited. In this paper we seek to understand why this is the case through an examination of civil society advocacy efforts to reform HIV/AIDS and drugs-related policies and their implementation in three former Soviet Union countries. In-depth semi…
An impact evaluation of medical insurance for poor in Georgia: Preliminary results and policy implications
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this article is to assess the impact of the new health financing reform in Georgia-'medical insurance for the poor (MIP)'-which uses private insurance companies and delivers state-subsidized health benefits to the poorest groups of the Georgian population. METHODS: To evaluate the reform we looked at access to health care services and financial protection against health care costs, which are two key dimensions proposed…
Medicine (6 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (4 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Public health (3 works)