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Tbilisi
Georgia
Since joining C/Can in 2019, Tbilisi has improved cancer care by bridging training gaps, developing multidisciplinary guidelines, and improving decision-making.

With C/Can, Tbilisi bridged quality and training gaps, developed guidelines for multidisciplinary cancer management, and facilitated better decision-making through enhanced registry data.

In numbers
  • 174
    health professionals engaged
  • 25
    healthcare specialists trained
  • 12
    projects to transform cancer treatment
  • 28
    outputs across 8 project areas

Powering the system with C/Can

Local cancer care experts and stakeholders are taking the lead on projects designed to address Tbilisi’s unique challenges and enhance the city’s ability to provide effective cancer care.

01.
Availability of cancer care services
Tbilisi is addressing critical gaps in cancer care availability, particularly in diagnostics, radiotherapy, and surgical services. C/Can is assisting with the development of guidelines and protocols to standardise care, and working with local institutions to ensure that services are available to all cancer patients in need.
Solutions
02.
Management, education and professional training for cancer care services
Efforts to strengthen cancer care management in Tbilisi are focused on improving the training and coordination of healthcare professionals. C/Can is supporting the development of education programmes and helping create a more effective and collaborative healthcare system to better manage cancer services.
Solutions
03.
Quality of cancer care services
Tbilisi is focused on improving the quality of cancer care by enhancing multidisciplinary decision-making and developing standardised treatment protocols. C/Can’s support is enabling the city to establish better systems for monitoring and evaluating cancer treatment outcomes, improving the consistency of care.
Solutions
04.
Community access to cancer care services
Tbilisi is improving community access to cancer care by addressing gaps in awareness, patient education, and referral systems. C/Can and the city are collaborating to ensure that all patients, particularly those in vulnerable groups, have access to timely and effective cancer care services.
Solutions

Stories from Tbilisi

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“The C/Can approach is unique for Tbilisi: it not only brought patients into the equation, but also health care providers and policymakers.”

Gela Chiviashvili
Gela Chiviashvili
Head of Tbilisi City Hall’s Department of Healthcare and Social Services.
Tbilisi City Hall's Department of Healthcare and Social Services

“Tbilisi’s collaboration with C/Can advances cancer care by combining local expertise with global best practices for a patient-centered system.”

Mikheil Sarjveladze
Mikheil Sarjveladze
Minister.
Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia

Tbilisi stakeholders

Mikheil Sarjveladze – Minister of MoH
Irine Javakhadze – Acting Head of the Health Policy Department of the MoH
Lela Sulaberidze – Head of the Strategic Development and Analytics Department of the MoH
Eka Sharadze – Deputy Director of the National Health Agency (LEPL)
Leila Kochiashvili – Acting Director of the Pharmaceutical and Medical Regulation Agency (LEPL)
Maia Kereselidze – Head of the Medical Statistics Department of the NCDC
Lela Sturua – Head of the Non-Communicable Diseases Department of the NCDC
Nana Kalmakhelidze – Chief Specialist of the Regulation Division of the Health Policy Department of the MoH
Aleksandre Tavartkiladze – President of the Association of Molecular and Clinical Oncology; Clinical Director of the Institute of Personalized Medicine
Nino Sharikadze – Head of the Clinical Oncology Department, Mardaleishvili Medical Center
Natalia Shengelia-de Lange – Head of the Georgian Association of Nuclear Medicine Specialists; Head of the Nuclear Medicine Center at Aversi Clinic
Giorgi Burkadze – Head of the Georgian Association of Pathologists and Cytologists; Head of the Molecular Pathology Department at Tbilisi State Medical University
Maia Ananiashvili – Head of the Bone Marrow Transplantation Center at Caucasus Medical Center
Silviu Domente – Director of WHO Country Office
Mariam Bandzeladze – Head of UNFPA
Ana Mazanishvili – President of Europa Donna
Natia Verdzadze – Tbilisi City Manager, City Cancer Challenge

Ministry of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia
Tbilisi City Hall
Georgia Patients’ Union
Europa Donna Georgia
National Centre for Disease Control and Public Health
Mardaleishvili Medical Centre

Clinical Medicine Scientific Research Center
Todua Clinic
Mardaleishvili Medical Center
Pathology Research Center
Universal Medical Center
Institute of Clinical Oncology
High Technology Medical Centre
University Clinic
National Center of Urology
Aversi Clinic
Radiation Medicine Center
National Screening Center
New Vision
Consilium Medulla- Multiprofile Clinic
Zodelava Hematology Clinic
Health House
Aladashvili University Clinic
Eristavi National Center of Experimental and Clinical Surgery
Innova
TSMU First University Clinic
Regional Hospital (Caucasus Medical Center)
New Hospitals
Megalab
Institute for Personalized Medicine
M. Iashvili Children’s Central Hospital
German Hospital
The National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC)
Georgian Patient Union
Europa Donna Georgia
Tbilisi State Medical University
Caucasus Medical Center

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