Health and Migration at the Georgian Medical Journal: Launching a Programmatic Platform for Evidence, Policy, and Dialogue

Editorial — GMJ Health & Migration Initiative (GMH)

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https://doi.org/10.66636/gmj.v1.i2.a123

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health and migration, refugee health, health systems, health entitlement, cross-border care, health workforce mobility, humanitarian health, digital health

Abstract

Background  Migration is one of the structural forces shaping global health in the 21st century, yet few journals in the wider region offer a sustained editorial home for work at the intersection of human mobility and health systems.

Purpose  With this issue, the Georgian Medical Journal (GMJ) launches Health and Migration (GMH) — a permanent editorial section dedicated to evidence, policy analysis, and interdisciplinary dialogue on migration and health.

Scope  GMH will publish original research, systematic and scoping reviews, policy analyses, comparative country studies, methodological papers, and data-driven tools and indices. Priority areas include health entitlement and access, migration as a determinant of system performance, cross-border continuity of care, health-workforce mobility, humanitarian health, and digital health for mobile populations.

Conclusion  GMH is a long-term editorial commitment, not a single-issue feature. The current issue introduces two foundational contributions, establishing the conceptual and analytical foundation on which subsequent issues will build.

Keywords  health and migration; refugee health; health systems; health entitlement; cross-border care; health workforce mobility; humanitarian health; digital health; Georgian Medical Journal

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Cover of the Georgian Medical Journal (GMJ), Volume 1, Issue 2 (2026), titled “Health Systems Performance and Quality of Care: Measurement, Improvement, and Outcomes,” with a blue world map background representing global health connectivity. Includes the themes “Quality, Safety, Results” and the publisher Public Health Institute of Georgia.

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05/05/2026

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Pkhakadze, G. (2026). Health and Migration at the Georgian Medical Journal: Launching a Programmatic Platform for Evidence, Policy, and Dialogue: Editorial — GMJ Health & Migration Initiative (GMH). Georgian Medical Journal, 1(2), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.66636/gmj.v1.i2.a123

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2026): Health Systems Performance and Quality of Care

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