BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to describe the extent of the HIV epidemic among women in the Republic of Georgia and to identify factors associated with HCV co-infection in this population. FINDINGS All women aged ≥18 years who were diagnosed with HIV between 1989 and 2006 were identified through the National HIV/AIDS surveillance database. Medical records were reviewed for demographic ...

On May 26, 1918, adoption of the Act Independence, which established Democratic Republic Georgia by National Council, has been most significant event in Georgia’s history. The First World War crisis and 1917 revolution incited nations, occupied empire, to restore sovereignty. was one among these few. declared as independent republic, governed national council, soon after, European countries rec...

1 Manana Kereselidze, Dr., V. Gulisashvili Forest Institute of the Agricultural University of Georgia, David Aghmashenebeli Alley, 13-th km., 0159, Tbilisi, Georgia, [email protected] 2 Slavimira Draganova, Dr., Assoc.Prof., Institute of Soil Science, Agrotechnologies and Plant Protection, 9 Shosse Bankya Str., 1080 Sofia, Bulgaria, sdraganova19@ gmail.com 3,5 Daniela Pilarska, Dr., P...

Based on first-hand account, this paper offers evidence on price setting and price adjustment mechanisms that were illegally employed under the Soviet planning and rationing regime. The evidence is anecdotal, and is based on personal experience during the years 1960–1971 in the Republic of Georgia. The description of the social organization of the black markets and other illegal economic activi...