The share of individuals not seeking care for an acute illness due to cost fell from 16.7 percent in 2010 to 7 percent in 2017.

Percentage of consultations where medicine was prescribed but not purchased because it was too expensive was decrease from 13.1 to 9.5 in 2017

The proportion of households that report using a facility accessible within 30 minutes has increased considerably between 2010 (84.8%) and 2017 (86.8), both in rural areas and for the population as a whole

UNICEF Population Welfare survey 2017

Decrease share of Households who had financial barriers to get health services:

2013 – 37.0

2015 – 41.0

2017 – 22.8

Ketevan Goginashvili, MPH

Head of Health Policy Division

Health Care Department

Ministry of Internally displaced Persons

from  Occupied Territories,

Labor, Health and Social Affairs

144 Tsereteli Ave

Tbilisi 0119, Georgia

Tel: +995 32 251 00 38 ext 1108

Mob: 995 577717984