Publications

The book “A Woman is Always Healthy and Young” was published under the patronage of the Georgian Medical Women’s Association. The book is dedicated to women’s health issues. It contains 40 articles describing the most common diseases affecting women, their causes, and methods of prevention.

In particular, the book includes articles about the physiological changes that occur during different periods of a woman’s life — puberty, pregnancy, and the climacteric period — as well as the diseases characteristic of these stages. It also provides practical advice for pregnant women and women in menopause.

The publication describes common diseases affecting women and ways of preventing them, including osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, venous insufficiency of the lower limbs, anemia, gout, diabetes, obesity, allergies, Alzheimer’s disease, gastrointestinal disorders, cardiovascular diseases, malignant tumors in women, and the fundamentals of rational nutrition. It also includes professional advice from an ophthalmologist, dentist, and dermatologist.

It should be noted that this is the first book in the Georgian language to cover such a wide range of women’s diseases and their prevention. The authors of the articles are well-known Georgian female doctors.

The book is intended for a wide circle of readers and is regarded as a gift from Georgian women doctors to Georgian women. Part of the books will be donated to displaced and socially vulnerable women from Samachablo and Abkhazia.

The Association has also actively carried out educational and social initiatives. Among them was the training “The Role of Gender in Health and Health Care”, held in Tbilisi in 2005–2006. The sponsors of the project were the International Association of Women Doctors and OSCE/ODIHR.

Another important initiative focused on increasing women’s participation in pre-election and election processes of local self-government in Georgia. This project was implemented within the health group of the Coalition of Non-Governmental Organizations of Georgia, in Gori and Gurjaani in 2006, with the support of OSCE/ODIHR.