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Hepatitis C and Alcohol: Complicating an already urgent problem in Georgia
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Author: By Nino Gelashvili and Lika Moshiashvili
Even though alcohol is most the obvious and most dangerous contributor to the aggravation of the hepatitis C virus (HCV), people with HCV continue to consume alcohol in Georgia. As the world is marking World Hepatitis Day on July 28, Georgia Today offers insight on how this disease is perceived and treated here.
“100ml of natural wine on New Year and in the company of friends can’t be considered as alcohol,” says 34-year-old Dato, who has hepatitis C and is currently waiting a liver transplant.
According to a survey conducted in 2002-2004 by the Infectious Disease, Aids & Clinical Immunology Research Centre, between 200,000 and 400,000 people or 6.7 % of the population are infected with the hepatitis C virus in Georgia.
Hepatitis C is an infection of the liver caused by the hepatitis C virus. It is most frequently transmitted through blood - through a shared syringe or a razor; though it’s rarely transmitted through sexual intercourse. The patient with chronic hepatitis C must not consume alcohol, as one of the main functions of the liver is the neutralization or break-down of alcohol in the blood stream. In those populations suffering from hepatitis C, this function is damaged and consuming alcohol causes a strong reaction.
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Oxford Medical Clinic of Georgia wishes you good health!
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The Oxford Medical Clinic is an international private clinic that has operations in several cities throughout the world. It has been almost six years that we have been providing high quality medical services here in Georgia, where more than 350 top medical specialists have helped our patients return to health and beauty. Some of our specialties include: urology, proctology, dermatology and esthetic cosmetology.
The greatest advantage of Oxford Medical is our staff. At the Oxford Medical Clinic, we offer our customers highly-qualified urologists, proctologists, dermatologists and cosmetologists. Most of the specialist working at Oxford Medical are members of the Academy of Medical Sciences and provide only the best care to our patients. Our clinics are distinguished for using innovative and popular European methods of medical treatment. Our physicians possess extensive medical experience and have treated thousands of satisfied patients though the years. At Oxford Medical, we also staff our clinic with excellent nursing personnel who are there to provide you with excellent patient care during your visit.
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Social Service Agency hails the reform’s outcome
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Author: By Kate Lekishvili
Representatives of the Social Service Agency (SSA), which is part of the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Social Affairs, say that ongoing changes have simplified access to state-provided assistance and improved the body’s performance overall.
The agency’s key duties include the provision of poverty assistance, health care and insurance programs. These services were the responsibilities of various state bodies prior to the reform.
SSA officials say that several goals were reached through consolidating the structures and bodies that provided these services prior to the changes. “[Those goals were to] simplify the administration processes, save material resources and create better comfort for the agency beneficiaries,” said SSA Director Irakli Nadareishvili, at a special seminar held in the Georgia’s coastal town Anaklia in mid July.
At the seminar, which aimed to raise awareness of the reform’s progress, Nadareishvili noted that “introducing a one window principle was very important in establishing a more convenient system.”
One of the achievements, according to the agency, is changing the scoring system for socially disadvantaged people.
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Georgia develops media monitoring experience
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Author: By Maia Edilashvili
The final reports on Georgia’s media performance prepared under a project funded by the European Union and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), will be available in October.
This project, entitled Development of Media Monitoring Capacities in Georgia, is hoped to be a pioneer in providing a qualified and credible assessment as to how close Georgian media professionals are to reaching international standards in their coverage of a range of social, economic and political topics including hate speech, juvenile crime and local governance.
“[The goal is] to provide the public with balanced and impartial information,” says project manager Thea Mirianashvili. “So with this [project], we want to generate an opportunity for media monitoring in Georgia, which will help to make the media more independent and of a higher quality.”
While in recent years, concerns regarding the professional skills and ethics of journalists and issues pertaining to editorial freedom or media ownership in Georgia have been abound, the criticism has lacked a systematic character.
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Evicted IDPs: many refuse to move to regions
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Author: By Lika Moshiashvili
The eviction of internally displaced persons from their temporary shelters in four locations in Tbilisi has attracted public attention during the past weeks. Most of the evicted hail from the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
About 50 households were evicted from Kindergarten #204 in Varketili District, Queen Tamar Boarding-school on Samgereti Street, as well as from the Infectious Diseases Hospital and #8 Uznadze Street.
The Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Accommodation and Refugees (MRA) informed these people about the expected eviction and alternative state-provided accommodation ten days before.
While the process went smoothly in three places, IDPs sheltered at the kindergarten refused to move to a new place. On July 18, women with children locked themselves in the building. Later, the police entered into the building and the displaced families were forced to leave. They live with their friends and relatives now.
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