What the Public Health Institute of Georgia has done since 2011 — dated, with partners and outputs. Each line links to the evidence where it is public; items marked “record” are documented in PHIG’s files and available to donors and auditors on request.
2011 — FoundationRegistered in Tbilisi as a non-entrepreneurial legal entity (ID 404407815) to provide independent public health evidence and advocacy. Legal status.
2014 — Healthcare accreditation advocacy beginsPHIG’s Chair, then Deputy CEO of Evex Medical Corporation, initiates the case for independent hospital accreditation in Georgia; PHIG becomes the official representative of Accreditation Canada in Georgia. Accreditation in Georgia · Our story.
2016–2021 — UN accountabilityPHIG’s Chair serves on the UN Secretary-General’s Independent Accountability Panel for Every Woman, Every Child, Every Adolescent; the institute hosts the panel’s engagement with the Parliament of Georgia. Global health accountability.
2020 — Accréditation Sans FrontièresASF is established in Paris as PHIG’s international accreditation partner; standards for hospitals, ambulatory care, long-term care, primary health clinics and fitness and wellness follow, with ISO 9001 Ready and ISO 15189 Ready readiness packs. france-asf.fr.
2020–2022 — COVID-19 advisoryPHIG’s Chair serves as principal public health adviser to the Prime Minister and Cabinet of Georgia on pandemic management, policy and communication; PHIG’s media network carries the public information. Record.
2023 — Accreditation programme in practiceTwenty-three Georgian facilities begin Accreditation Canada accreditation with PHIG as representative; the SheniEkimi certification programme (certificate.ge) is launched as the accessible first rung of quality. accreditation.ge · certificate.ge.
2024 — WHO competency standards, EuropePHIG’s Chair facilitates the WHO/Europe training on the Global Competency Standards for Refugee and Migrant Health in Riga, Latvia, within the WHO–IOM–EU project for Ukrainian refugee health mediators in ten countries. Health and migration.
2025 — Open evidence infrastructureThe Georgian Medical Journal (ISSN 3088-4322, Crossref member, DOI prefix 10.66636) and GMJ News launch as open-access platforms; GMJ Academy opens with free courses, reaching 200+ by 2026; the Georgian Dictionary of Public Health is published online and in print. gmj.ge · academy.gmj.ge · Dictionary.
2025–2026 — WHO competency standards, KenyaDelivery of the WHO Global Competency Standards training for health workers serving refugees and migrants at Dadaab and Kakuma, with the NCD training programme, under WHO contract. Health and migration.
2026 — Institutes, laboratories, observatories, governanceThe Georgian Institute of Labour Studies (labour.edu.ge), Sheni Labs and SupplementIndex, the Regional Health Workforce Competency Observatory with its Georgia evidence base, the research agendas, and the 75-policy framework with legal status, financial sustainability and related-party disclosure. The network · Policy Framework · RHWCO.
Reach
Through the Sheni network (founded 2003, more than twenty Georgian-language sites), PHIG’s public information reaches about five million readers a month and up to fifteen million in peak months (network analytics, internal, available on request). Why PHIG builds.
Evidence on request
Contracts, training reports, participant lists, accreditation records and financial statements supporting the items above are provided to donors, partners and auditors under the Transparency Policy. Write to info@accreditation.ge.