Vol. 1 No. S1 (2026): Supplement 1 — Georgian Dictionary of Public Health

Cover of the Georgian Dictionary of Public Health, First Electronic Edition, version 1.0 (2026), published by the Georgian Medical Journal and the Public Health Institute of Georgia. Dark navy cover with gold decorative border and tree emblem. Author: Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD, MPH, PhD.

Georgian Dictionary of Public Health (GDPH) — First Electronic Edition

The Georgian Dictionary of Public Health (GDPH) is the first comprehensive bilingual Georgian–English public health terminology reference, developed over two decades under the editorial direction of Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD, MPH, PhD at the Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG) and the Georgian Medical Journal (GMJ).

Scope: 12,597 terms across 18 subject domains — epidemiology, biostatistics, health policy and governance, health economics, infectious disease and immunisation, environmental health, health promotion, quality and patient safety, maternal and child health, mental health, global health, bioethics, digital health, Georgian-specific terms, clinical–public health boundary, abbreviations, instruments and scales, and historical milestones.

Each entry includes: Georgian headword · authoritative Georgian definition · plain-language explanation · Georgian everyday example · statement of practical relevance · minimum three Vancouver-format references.

Special features: 141 terms anchored to Georgian national health legislation (matsne.gov.ge) · 11,533 cross-links between related entries · ICD-11 (WHO, 2024) and MeSH (NLM, 2024) integrated · open access CC BY 4.0.

Online edition and contributions: https://news.gmj.ge/dictionary/

DOI: https://doi.org/10.66636/gmj.v1.i
Published: 08/26/2026