Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD MPH PhD — Medical Reviewer, Safari News
Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze (MD, MPH, PhD) is Professor of Public Health at David Tvildiani Medical University, Chair of PHIG, Editor-in-Chief of the Georgian Medical Journal, and WHO Consultant on Health & Migration.
Medical Reviewer — Safari News Health Series
All health and travel medicine content on Safari News is medically reviewed by Prof. Pkhakadze through the GMJ Newsroom partnership, ensuring that vaccination guidance, disease-risk briefings, and wilderness medicine protocols meet current international public health standards.
Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze (MD, MPH, PhD) is Professor of Public Health at David Tvildiani Medical University in Tbilisi, Georgia, and Chair of the Public Health Institute of Georgia. He holds a medical degree (MD), a Master of Public Health (MPH) and a doctorate (PhD), with more than two decades of experience spanning clinical medicine, public health research, health policy and international migration health.
He serves as a consultant to the World Health Organization on health and migration, and as Secretary/Treasurer of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) Section of Public Health. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Georgian Medical Journal (gmj.ge), an independent, peer-reviewed open-access journal covering medicine and public health research.
Through the GMJ Newsroom initiative, Prof. Pkhakadze leads peer review of accessible health journalism for international audiences. His partnership with Safari News ensures that travel health content — covering destination diseases, vaccination schedules, altitude sickness, wilderness medicine and evacuation protocols — is accurate, evidence-based and current.
Credentials & Positions
- Professor — David Tvildiani Medical University, Tbilisi (Public Health)
- Chair — Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG)
- Editor-in-Chief — Georgian Medical Journal (gmj.ge)
- WHO Consultant — Special Initiative for Health & Migration, WHO Geneva
- UEMS — Secretary/Treasurer, Section of Public Health
- Founder & President — Accréditation Sans Frontières (ASF)
- Medical Reviewer — Safari News Health Series (GMJ Newsroom partnership)
Education
- PhD — Public Health, University of Madras
- MPH — Master of Public Health, Tribhuvan University
- MD — Doctor of Medicine
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