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Policy Work, Europe & Eurasia, Project, Primary Healthcare, Other, NEWS, 2007
Dr. George Gotsadze, Director of Curatio International Foundation, traveled to Baku, Azerbaijan during May 16-18, 2007. Dr. Gotsadze was invited within the frame of Primary Health Care (PHC) Strengthening Project in Azerbaijan to contribute to the introductory workshop on National Health Accounts (NHA) organized for the national team in Azerbaijan.
Dr. Gotsadze gave presentation on using NHA data for informing the national policy making process and presented the Georgian experience on introduction and institutionalization of NHA.
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Workshop on using modern technology for TB prevention, diagnosis and increased quality treatment
Dr. George Gotsadze, Director of Curatio International Foundation, traveled to Baku, Azerbaijan during May 16-18, 2007. Dr. Gotsadze was invited within the frame of Primary Health Care (PHC) Strengthening Project in Azerbaijan to contribute to the introductory workshop on National...
K2P Mentorship Program on Building Institutional Capacity on Evidence Informed Policy Making
Training on using Research Evidence for Policy Making
Doing embedded development and research – reflections on the start of the Results4TB programme
Introductory Meeting on the project 'Embedding Rapid Reviews in Health Policy-Making'
On November 5, the Committee on Health and Social Affairs of the Parliament of Georgia will host an introductory meeting on the project Embedding Rapid Reviews in Health Policy-Making. The project is jointly implemented by the "Curatio International Foundation" and…
Taavy Miller from University of North Carolina shares her internship experience
Building Institutional Capacity for HPSR and Delivery Science- CIF is Europe region HUB
General Overview The evidence-informed decision making in health still remains a major challenge. To strengthen institutional capacity in different countries around the globe the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR) launched the new program to strengthen the capacity…
Inter-regional workshop in preparation for transitioning towards domestic financing in TB, HIV and Malaria programmes
During October 17-19 the WHO Regional Office for Europe in collaboration with WHO headquarters, GFATM and USAID organised a workshop in Tbilisi to provide countries a platform for dialogue on sustainability and transition issues, and to further define regional and…
Memorandum of Cooperation between the Health and Social Issues Committee of the Parliament of Georgia and Curatio International Foundation
Chairman of the Health Care and Social Issues Committee of the Parliament of Georgia Akaki Zoidze and Curatio International Foundation President George Gotsadze signed a memorandum of cooperation. The collaboration aims to support evidence usage by the parliament when dealing with the…
Embedding Rapid Reviews in Health Systems Decision-Making (ERA)
General Overview As a result of the constitutional amendments passed at the end of 2017, Georgia became a parliamentary republic. It increased the role of the legislature in policy development and supervision. As a result of these amendments, the Committee…
Curatio International Foundation at the Global Symposium on Health Systems Research
During October 8-12, 2018 Liverpool hosted the Fifth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research. Curatio International Foundation, as a secretariat of Health Systems Global, organzied the event for the second time in close collaboration with HSG's partners. Over 2300 participants from…
The civil society gathered for the fourth time to discuss healthcare system challenges in Georgia
On September 27-29, the fourth work meeting of a civil society was held in Kachreti. Representatives of a civil society, media, and academia convene under the framework of the joint project of Curatio International Foundation and Open Society Foundation. The…
Project: HIV risk behavior among Men who have Sex with Men – Bio-Behavioral Surveillance Survey and Population Size Estimation
Introduction and Overview Georgia is among the countries with low HIV/AIDS prevalence but with a high potential for the development of a widespread epidemic. From the early years of epidemic injecting drug use was the major route for HIV transmission, however,…
Curatio International Foundation at AIDS2018
Big Pharma Greed and Artificial Prices – Knocking on Door to Limit Access to HIV Medicines in Georgia
Civil society is gathering for the third time to hold a discussion about the healthcare
Webinar: Gavi Vaccine Prices Post-Transition
This webinar took place on July 17th, 2018. If you missed it or would like to listen to it again, you can watch the recording. The third in a series of LNCT webinars on vaccine procurement. Participants will get updated information…
Webinar: Mapping and consensus of global competencies set for the field of HPSR: A progress update and HSG round table discussion
This webinar took place on July 11th, 2018. If you missed it or would like to listen to it again, you can watch the recording. Are you involved with designing HPSR training programs? Do you create course content for HPSR training?…
Health Systems Global Publishes Annual Report 2017
Health Systems Global publishes the first ever annual report which captures HSG's growth over the years. On behalf of the Secretariat, we are honored to share the results of our joint effort. Reading this document you will see the progress…
Webinar: Vaccine Forecasting and Budgeting Tools and Best Practices
This webinar took place on July 2, 2018. However, if you missed the webinar or would like to listen to it again, you can watch the recording and download the slides. Participants will learn about existing vaccine forecasting and budgeting tools and best…
Technical Assistance for evaluation of transition readiness and preparation of Transition and Sustainability Plan for Global Fund-supported programs in Tajikistan
Introduction and Overview In June 2018 CIF initiated a new project with the financial support of The Global Fund. The overall goal of the CIF assignment is to support the Country Coordination Mechanism of Tajikistan (CCM) in assessing country preparedness…
Technical Assistance for the preparation of Transition and Sustainability Plan for HIV program in Philippines
Introduction and Overview Since May 2018 Curatio International Foundation implements a technical assistance for the Philippines to prepare Transition and Sustainability Plan for HIV program. The overall goal of the given assignment is to support the Department of Health and…
Discussing the accessibility of medicines in Georgia
Curatio International Foundation, within the framework of the ongoing project: "Engaging civil society in decision-making and monitoring in Georgian healthcare sector" supports strengthening and consolidating civil society representatives interested in health care for advocacy on health issues. To this end,…
Webinar: Integrating gender into health system strengthening in conflict and crisis-affected settings; what's in our toolkit?
This webinar took place on June 22, 2018. However, if you missed the webinar or would like to listen to it again, you can watch the recording and download the slides. In 2016, HSG held the first webinar on gender, asking the question, "What…
Article: Barriers to mental health care utilization among internally displaced persons in the republic of Georgia: a rapid appraisal study
The new paper identifies the health system barriers leading to low rates of utilization of mental health services among internally displaced people (IDP) with mental disorders. The paper was published in BMC Health Services Research authored by Adrianna Murphy, Ivdity…
Why Georgians second-guess their doctors – Deregulation has left Georgian medical care something many Georgians would rather avoid
Full Article is available on Eurasianet " […] Last year, Giorgi Tsiklauri, 24, was diagnosed with leukemia at a hospital in Tbilisi and was about to undergo chemotherapy, but he decided to seek a second opinion in Turkey. As it…
Ara Srinagesh from New York University Shares her Internship Experience
Webinar on The peer review process – what happens when you send your manuscript to a journal
This webinar took place on April 23, 2018. However, if you missed the session or want to listen to it again, you can watch the recording. Have you ever wondered what the journal editor's viewpoint is on your article, or what…
Webinar on Improving Quality of Care during Childbirth: Learnings and Next Steps from the BetterBirth Trial
This webinar took place on April 24, 2018. However, if you missed the session or want to listen to it again, you can watch the recording. Join the webinar organized by HSG Thematic Working Group Quality in Universal Health and Healthcare. During…
Civil Society is Being United to Discuss Healthcare System Issues
Curatio International Foundation, within the framework of the ongoing project: "Engaging civil society in decision-making and monitoring in Georgian healthcare sector" along with the Open Society Network supports strengthening and consolidating civil society representatives interested in health care for advocacy…
Curatio International Foundation for a TB-Free World
Summer Internship Program is now open
Closing Project: Tuberculosis Community Systems Strengthening in Georgia
The Curatio International Foundation has fulfilled a Tuberculosis Community Systems Strengthening (TBCSS) Project in Georgia, funded by the Stop TB partnership in the frame of Challenge Facility for Civil Society (CFCS) round 7 program. The goal for the project was…
Primary Health Care Systems: Georgia case study
Curatio International Foundation publishes Georgia case study of primary health care system (PRIMASYS). The PRIMASYS case study covers key aspects of primary health care system, including policy development and implementation, financing, integration of primary health care into comprehensive health systems,…
Integrated Bio-behavioral surveillance and population size estimation survey among Female Sex Workers in Tbilisi and Batumi, Georgia
This study represents the subsequent wave of Bio-Behavioral Surveillance Surveys (BBS) surveys undertaken among Female Sex Workers (FSW) since 2002. The current study was conducted in 2017 using the Time-Location Sampling technique and 350 FSWs was recruited in total in…
Applying a Health Policy and Systems Research lens to Human Resources for Health: Capacity building, leadership and politics
This webinar took place on March 14, 2018. However, if you missed the webinar or want to listen to it again, you can watch the recording and download the slides. How do we study 'invisible' concepts such as politics and power as they…
CIF hosts Aradhana Srinagesh throughout the winter internship program
Empowering civil society for engagement in and monitoring the decision making in health sector in Georgia
Introduction and Overview The project aims to strengthen CSOs working on Health Systems to participate in the decision-making process, to assume watchdog functions, monitor enforcement of policies and advocate for better health for all. The project is funded by Open Society…
Curatio International Foundation presented BBS and PSE study findings at the Civil Society Forum
Article: Barriers to delivering mental health services in Georgia with an economic and financial focus: informing policy and acting on evidence
A new paper discusses the economic and financial barriers to delivering mental health services in Georgia and assessing the opportunities for reform that can support the development of strategies for change. The article was published in BMC Health Services Research,…
The Interview on population size and Human Immunodeficiency Virus risk behaviors of People who Inject Drugs in Georgia
The interview is based on the latest wave of the integrated Bio- behavioral surveillance survey conducted People Who Inject drugs (PWID) in 7 cities of Georgia. The research aims to measure the prevalence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Hepatitis…
Population Size Estimation of People who Inject Drugs in Georgia 2016-2017
Bemoni Public Union together with Curatio International Foundation conducted a population size estimation study among injecting drug users in Georgia during 2016-2017. Also available: HIV risk and prevention behaviors among People Who Inject Drugs in six cities, Georgia, 2017 This…
HIV risk and prevention behaviors among People Who Inject Drugs in seven cities of Georgia, 2017
Curatio International Foundation together with Bemoni Public Union has conducted HIV prevalence and risk behaviors survey among People Who Inject Drugs in Georgia. Also available: Population Size Estimation of People who Inject Drugs in Georgia 2016-2017 Current study represents the…
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Conference paper: The Study of Barriers and Facilitators to Adherence to Treatment among Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients in Georgia to Inform Policy Decision
The abstract has been submitted and accept for oral presentation at The Union 2017 – 48th Union World Conference on Lung Health, 11 – 14 October, 2017 Guadalajara, Mexico The study outlines different health system factors as long as some…
Article: Human immunodeficiency virus prevalence and risk determinants among people who inject drugs in the Republic of Georgia
Conference paper about realist evaluation: Informing policy, assessing its effects and understanding how it works for improved Tuberculosis management in Georgia
In the last week of October, 2017 Brisbane, Australia hosted International Conference for Realist Research Evaluation and Synthesis – Realist2017. Realist evaluation is complex sensitive approach and is useful for decision makers because rather responding the question "does the intervention…
Georgian Healthcare and its Challenges: Healthcare Expert George Gotsadze will host the lecture
17 years in Curatio International Foundation: President Ketevan Chkhatarashvili to Leave Organization
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Georgian Solution for a Post-Soviet TB Program: Can Integration into Primary Health Care Improve TB Care?
Moving Forward: Second PT workshop with TB stakeholders in Georgia
Article: Determinants analysis of outpatient service utilization in Georgia: can the approach help inform benefit package design?
Curatio International Foundation conducted secondary data analyses of Health Service Utilization and Expenditure survey (2 waves), conducted by Ministry of Labor Health and Social Affairs of Georgia, supported by WHO and The World Bank. We studied factors that impact utilization…
Designing and evaluating provider results-based financing for tuberculosis care in Georgia (RBF4TB)
Introduction and Overview CIF in partnership with Queen Margaret University (UK), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK) and Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine (Belgium) is implementing a study "Designing and evaluating provider results-based financing for tuberculosis care in…
Forbes Georgia: The Importance of Evidence in Decision Making
In February 2017, CIF director George Gotsadze talked with Forbes Georgia. The interview discusses the role of effective management in health systems and impact of innovations in the field. In the article George speaks about CIF experience serving as HSG Secretariat. Read more…
Barriers and Facilitators to Adherence to Treatment Among Drug Resistant TB Patients in Georgia
Summer internship program 2017 is open now!
We attract interns from around the world, who are interested to have the first-hand experience in the real-life setting and to contribute to the research projects implemented by CIF. Master and PhD students from around the world are invited to apply…
Transition Preparedness Assessment
Sustainability of national HIV and TB programs gains importance in light of recent changes in the global health landscape when external funders are redirecting resources to poorer states while phasing out from middle-income countries. Objectively evaluation of the country transition…
New Study Findings About Tuberculosis
Curatio International Foundation together with the Partnership for Research and Action for Health organized a meeting at the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health on 26th of December, where two different study findings were represented. Studies aimed to…
Meet CIF in Vancouver at HSR2016
Curatio International Foundation will be featured at Health Systems Research 4th Symposium to be held in Vancouver, Canada November 14 -18, 2016. CIF experts will discuss several important health system-related issues and share particular knowledge with a global audience. We…
Curatio International Foundation: Transition and Sustainability Portfolio
As middle-income countries experience economic growth and increased government spending potential on healthcare, donors have begun decreasing their support under the assumption those countries have sufficient physical space to support and sustain their health programs. Countries in Eastern Europe and…
Article: Privilege and inclusivity in shaping Global Health agendas
Health Policy and Planning published an article Privilege and inclusivity in shaping Global Health agendas. CIF director George Gotsadze co-authors the paper together with Kabir Sheikh, Sara Bennett and Fadi el Jardali. The article discusses lack of inclusivity in Global Health…
Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional Sustainability and Transition Coordination Summit 20-21 October, 2016 Vilnius, Lithuania
In recent years there has been a significant decrease in funding from international and bilateral donors, including The Global Fund (TGF) to support HIV and TB response in middle income countries across Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA). This raises…
Internship Announcement, Winter 2016-17
Evaluation of UNICEF's Contribution in Central and Eastern European Five Countries
Curatio International Foundation conducted an evaluation of UNICEF's contribution to the reduction of under 5 mortality in five countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Serbia, and Uzbekistan. The evaluation covered 12 years from 2000 – 2012 and was performed in 2014-2015. UNICEF's…
CIF researchers represented on Global Conference AIDS2016
CIF researchers Ivdity Chikovani and Lela Sulaberidze participated in AIDS 2016 conference that was held in Durban, South Africa in July 2016. The conference assembled over 18,000 delegates from around the world. Scientists, policymakers, world leaders, and people living with…
UHC 2030: Building an Alliance to Strengthen Health Systems
Almost 100 experts were gathered together in Geneva in the end of June, to support transforming process from IHP+ to UHC 2030. The overall aim of UHC 2030 will be to support a movement for accelerated, equitable and sustainable progress…
CIF Pharmaceutical Price and Availability Study (Fifth Wave Results)
The Curatio International Foundation has released the results of the fifth wave of the Pharmaceutical Price and Availability (PPA) study in Georgia. The study set out to generate further evidence regarding pharmaceutical prices and availability in the country through the…
Assessment of GAVI Alliance HSS support to Tajikistan
In August 2014, Curatio International Foundation conducted an assessment of GAVI Alliance HSS support to Tajikstan to provide solid evidence of to what extent the support achieved its objectives and contributed to strengthen the health system of the country. The assessment…
Final Evaluation of Gavi's Support to Albania
After the conclusion of Gavi's support period (2014) to the Albania, Curatio International Foundation conducted the evaluation study and assessed financial and programmatic sustainability through an in-depth analysis of Albania's experiences and immunization programme performance before, during and after the…
Infographic: HIV/AIDS in Georgia
Though preventive programs are focused on the high risk population, we face slightly but growing tendency of HIV/AIDs among general population.
HIV risk and prevention behaviours among Prison Inmates in Georgia, 2015
Curatio International Foundation continues implementation of Bio-Behavioral Surveillance Surveys (BBS) among Key Affected Populations (KAP's) with the aim to measure HIV prevalence among KAP's, monitor risk behaviors among these groups and generate evidence for advocacy and policy-making. The current study…
Washington DC hosts workshop Immunization Costing: what have we learned, can we do better?
On May 17-18 EPIC Immunization Costing hosts workshop Immunization Costing: what have we learned, can we do better? in Washington DC. CIF executive director George Gotsadze and Business Develop ment unit director Ketevan Goguadze are invited to attend the event. George Gotsadze…
Bio-Behavioral Surveillance Survey among Men who have Sex with Men in two major cities of Georgia, 2015
Bio-Behavioral Surveillance Survey among Men who have Sex with Men in two major cities of Georgia, 2015 Curatio International Foundation continues implementation of Bio-Behavioral Surveillance Surveys (BBS) among Key Affected Populations (KAP's) with the aim to measure HIV prevalence among…
EPIC Studies – Governments Finance, On Average, More Than 50 Percent Of Immunization Expenses, 2010–11
Journal Health Affairs publishes a new Article EPIC Studies: Governments Finance, On Average, More Than 50 Percent Of Immunization Expenses, 2010–11 coauthored by CIF team member Keti Goguadze. Abstract: Governments in resource-poor settings have traditionally relied on external donor support…
Bio-Behavioral Surveillance Survey among People Who Inject Drugs in 7 cities of Georgia, 2015
TB Community Systems Strengthening in Georgia
We are glad to announce that Curatio International Foundation has been selected to be Round 7 Challenge Facility for Civil Society (CFCS) grantee under the Stop TB partnership financial support. TB Community Systems Strengthening (TBCSS) project in Georgia aims –…
What can be done to improve treatment adherence among tuberculosis patients in Georgia: Looking through health systems lens
Curatio International Foundation has started implementation of new research project with the aim to provide a more in-depth understanding of the factors associated with loss to follow-up among TB patients. The project is funded under the Joint TDR/EURO Small Grants…
Summer Internship Program 2016
The Summer internship program is now open! Master and PhD students from around the world are invited to apply and use the possibility to develop advanced research skills, meet leading experts in the field and become a coauthor of a…
BioBehavior Surveillance Survey results were represented to the members of Parliament of Georgia
Curatio International Foundation together with BEMONI PUBLIC UNION (BPU) represented BioBehavior Surveillance Survey results to the Members of Parliament of Georgia. The study was conducted in seven major cities of Georgia (Tbilisi, Gori, Telavi, Zugdidi, Batumi, Kutaisi and Rustavi) with…
საერთაშორისო ფონდი კურაციო თავისუფალ და აგრარულ უნივერსიტეტებთან თანამშრომლობის მემორანდუმს აფორმებს
საერთაშორისო ფონდი კურაციოს ინტერნატურის პროგრამაში მონაწილეობის შესაძლებლობა კიდევ უფრო მეტ ადგილობრივ სტუდენტს მიეცემა. ფონდის პრეზიდენტმა ქეთევან ჩხატარაშვილმა, თავისუფალი უნივერსიტეტის კანცლერმა ვატო ლეჟავამ და აგრარული უნივერსიტეტის რექტორმა ლაშა გოცირიძემ ხელი მოაწერეს თანამშრომლობის მემორანდუმს. მემორანდუმის ფარგლებში იგეგმება უნივერსიტეტებსა და საერთაშორისო ფონდ კურაციოს შორის…
Announcing Winter Internship Program 2016
Curatio International Foundation invites Master and PhD international students to apply on Winter Internship Program. Through the program, students have the possibility to develop advanced research skills, meet leading experts in the field and become a coauthor of a scientific…
Regional High Level Dialogue 'Road to Success', Tbilisi, Georgia
On September 28-30, 2015 Regional High Level Dialogue took place in Tbilisi, Georgia on Successful Transition to Domestic Funding of HIV and TB Response in EECA. The 320 delegates from 31 countries have agreed to work together in creating and…
CIF study results on 8th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention
Findings of population size estimation study among Man who have Sex with Men (MSM) was presented to the 8th International Aids Association conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Vancouver, Canada in July, 2015. The study was conducted by…
Response to the "Final evaluation of GAVI support to Bosnia and Herzegovina"
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance published response to the "Final evaluation of Gavi support to Bosnia and Herzegovina" conducted by Curatio International Foundation. Gavi assess the final evaluation and the given recommendations as an important document for the transition country program…
The drivers of facility-based immunization performance and costs. An application to Moldova
The drivers of facility-based immunization performance and costs. An application to Moldova. This is the article an International peer reviewed Journal Vaccine published, Co-authored by experts from the Curatio International Foundation. The study was a part of a multi-country coting and…
Awaiting the results of Prisoners' Behavior Surveillance Survey (BSS)
Curatio International Foundation together with Infectious Diseases, AIDS and Clinical Immunology Research Center and Association Tanadgoma has conducted the Behavior Surveillance Survey with biomarker component. The study report of Behavior Surveillance Survey with biomarker component among 210 prisoners will be…
Costs of routine immunization services in Moldova: Findings of a facility-based costing study
An International peer reviewed Journal Vaccine, published an article Costs of routine immunization services in Moldova: Findings of a facility-based costing study. Authored by experts from the Curatio International Foundation. The study evaluates the total economic and unit costs of…
Analyses of Costs and Financing of the Routine Immunization Program and New Vaccine Introduction in the Republic of Moldova
In 2012-2014 Curatio International Foundation implemented the costing study that aimed to evaluate routine immunization program costs and financing as well as incremental costs and financing of a new vaccine introduction in the Republic of Moldova. The study was a…
Health Service Utilization for Mental, Behavioural and Emotional Problems among Conflict-Affected Population in Georgia
An International peer reviewed Journal PLOS One has published an article Health Service Utilization for Mental, Behavioral and Emotional Problems among Conflict-Affected Population in Georgia: A Cross-Sectional Study, authored by experts from the Curatio International Foundation, and the London School of…
Healthcare Utilization and Expenditures for Chronic and Acute Conditions in Georgia: Does benefit package design matter?
An International peer reviewed journal BMC Health Services Research publishes an article Healthcare utilization and expenditures for chronic and acute conditions in Georgia: Does benefit package design matter?, authored by experts from the Curatio International Foundation and London School of…
Curatio International Foundation Hosts Health Systems Global Secretariat in Tbilisi, Georgia
Curatio International Foundation Hosts Health Systems Global Secretariat in Tbilisi, Georgia. Health Systems Global (HSG) is the first international membership organization fully dedicated to promoting health systems research and related knowledge translation. HSG brings together researchers, policy-makers, funders, implementers, civil…
An Impact Evaluation of Medical Insurance for Poor in Georgia: Preliminary Results and Policy Implications
An International peer reviewed journal Health Policy and Planning has published an article An impact evaluation of medical insurance for poor in Georgia: preliminary results and policy implications, authored by Curatio International Foundation experts. The authors evaluated the impact of…
Policy Information Platform (PIP) Expert Consultation Meeting
Policy Information Platform (PIP) expert consultation was held in Istanbul on 29-30 January, 2015. At the meeting methodological issues, roadmap for the PIP implementation and evaluation approaches were discussed. CIF director George Gotsadze and Research Unit director Ivdity Chikovani participated…
Civil Society Forum organized by Country Coordination Mechanism
On January 29, at Courtyard Marriott Hotel was held a Civil Society Forum organized by Country Coordination Mechanism. The forum was part of country dialogue process regarding HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis issues. During the meeting, civil society representatives shared results of…
Drexel University on CIF Internship Program
Alexander Krengel from Seattle, US is a Master of Public Health student at Drexel University. He is interested in global health systems and issues about implementation health systems around the world. Thats why he became a CIF intern and spent…
CIF Publishes the Short Movie on 20 Years of Healthcare, 2014
Curatio International Foundation celebrates its 20 years anniversary and prepares short movie describing the history of health care reforms in Georgia after collapse of Soviet Union. The story is retailed directly by the people involved in the process and organizations…
CIF Publishes Anniversary Publication '20 Years of Health Care, 2014
20 Years Anniversary brochure describes reforms that have significantly altered the landscape of health care in Georgia after collapse of the Soviet Union. The contents draw on important publications and oral narratives by those who have been initiators, implementers and witnesses to…
CIF Celebrated the 20th Anniversary
On September 19, Curatio International Foundation celebrated the 20th anniversary. Alongside with our work it turned 20 years from Georgian healthcare system reforming start up, after collapse of Soviet Union. CIF celebrated the anniversary together with the people who were…
Georgian Healthcare System Barometer: Experts' Evaluations of Changes Taking Place in the Healthcare
Curatio International Foundation published results of the survey, representing expert evaluations of processes and changes taking place in the Georgian healthcare field. "Georgian Healthcare System Barometer" is based on evaluations of 98 experts and covers 6-month period – May-October, 2013….
BlogTalkRadio to Host CIF President
In October 2013, the BlogTalkRadio program focusing on health hosted Katevan Chkhatarashvili, the President of Curatio International Foundation. Ketevan talks about her public health experience and CIF's role in transition of Georgia's health sector. New Health Internet Radio with Global…
Winner of CIF Students Fellowship Program for 2013-2014
Ana Petriashvili became the winner of Curatio International Foundation Fellowship program for 2013- 2014. As the winner of the previous year, she too is the Master program student of International Public Health Department of Tbilisi State Medical University. Ana is…
Mental Health Among IDPs in Georgia
A conference titled "Mental health and conflict in Georgia: turning research into practice" will be held on September 12, 2013 at the Sheraton Metekhi Palace, Tbilisi. The conference will present findings from the largest research project so far undertaken in…
The Forbes and Skoll World Forum to discuss HIV/AIDS Epidemic with Director of CIF
Which Region Has The Fastest-Growing HIV/AIDS Epidemic In The World?- Giorgi Gotsadze, Director of Curatio International Foundation was asked to discuss this issue with Forbes. The discussion precedes many health-related discussions to take place in September at the Clinton Global…
CIF Participation in the Private Sector in Health Symposium 2013
On July 6, Sydney, Australia hosted the Private Sector in Health Symposium 2013. Three rounds of parallel sessions covered diverse range of issues, such as regulation, influencing quality of care, health financing and a focus on equity. Mr. George Gotsadze,…
Article on Springer-Determinants of Risky Sexual Behavior Among Injecting Drug Users in Georgia
Curatio International Foundation has published the article on Springer, Aids and Behavior Section. The article covers the findings of CIF's recent study on Injection risk practices and risky sexual behaviors among injection drug users (IDUs) and their sexual partners particularly…
Tobacco Use and Nicotine Dependence among Conflict-Affected Men in the Republic of Georgia
Article published on International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ISSN 1660-4601 by Bayard Roberts, Ivdity Chikovani, Nino Makhashvili, Vikram Patel and Martin McKee There is very little evidence globally on tobacco use and nicotine dependence among civilian populations…
HIV prevalence and risk behaviors among key populations- Study Findings Published
HIV prevalence and risk behaviors among key populations were studied in Georgia in 2012. The Biomarker Behavioral Surveillance Surveys (Bio-BSS) were carried out among People Who Inject Drugs (PWIDs) in six major cities, among Men who have Sex with Men…
Think Tanks Signed an Ethical and Quality Standards Document
On May 21, Curatio International Foundation together with fifteen Georgian Think Tanks signed an Ethical and Quality Standards Document. The document presents comprehensive standards to guide the work of Georgian think tanks and establishes principles to ensure that the think…
Hosting interns from international universities
In the framework of its internship program, during the first months of 2012 winter, Curatio International Foundation hosted two interns Lucia Callizo from Macalester college in Minnesota and Laura Covarrubias from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Interns made…
CIF's contribution to Investing in Global Health and Development
Since the creation of the Global Fund, the world's financing instrument in the fight against AIDS, TB and Malaria the role of private foundations has significantly increased in contributing to funding, participation in its governance and to the strategy of…
CIF Fellow Awards Event
On December 25, Curatio International Foundation will award its 3rd winner of CIF Scholarship program 2012-2013. The Winner is Ana Kasradze, Master students of Public Health Management from Tbilisi State Medical University. The awards ceremony will take place at Tbilisi…
Assessing the Health Insurance for the Poor in Georgia
During the last two decades Government of Georgia initiated series of reforms introducing major changes in health financing policy and restructuring the health system to reverse the negative trends observed in equity, affordability and quality of essential health service for…
Curatio International Foundation Among Grant Management Solutions Awarded Partners
Grant Management Solutions 2 Awarded to MSH Partnership: Up to Five More Years of Technical Support to Grantees of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria Cambridge, MA, October 16, 2012– Management Sciences for Health (MSH) takes pride…
Fourth Wave Results of Pharmaceutical Study Published
Curatio International Foundation has completed a study exploring 'Price, Affordability and Availability of Medicines in Georgia'. The study was divided into three stages and carried out in 2009-2001. The key aim of the study is to improve affordability and availability…
CIF Calls for participation in internship program for 2012-2013
Curatio International Foundation launches its internship program for 2012-2013 years and invites interns from around the world who are studying at masters or Ph.D. level and who are interested to have first-hand experience in the real-life setting and to contribute…
Curatio International Foundation revealed the winner of its annual scholarship program
Curatio International Foundation named Ana Kasradze as the winner of its annual scholarship program. Ana is the master's program student at the Tbilisi State University, Department of International Public Health. Ana is actively involved in annual conferences and study visits…
Impact of global HIV/AIDS initiatives on health systems in Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan and Georgia
During January-July 2010 Curatio International Foundation in collaboration with London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and other partners started exploring the effects of Global Fund HIV programmes on the roles of civil society organisations (CSOs) in Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and…
Submission of Applications for CIF Scholarship for Master Program Students near to deadline
The deadline for submission documentations for CIF web site is approaching to deadline, June 15. Master program students of Public Health Management or BA with focus on Public Health management from accredited universities in Georgia are encouraged to participate in…
Health care in Georgia is currently available for very rich and very poor
As the lead key informant to the policy brief on Medical Insurance for the Poor: impact on access and affordability of health services in Georgia says, the "health care in Georgia is currently affordable for very reach and very poor"….
Presentation of the findings of Assessment of Complex Non-Communicable Condition in Low Income Countries
Use of Multi-Method Rapid Evaluation to Assess Complex Non-Communicable Condition in Low Income Countries At Geneva Health Forum 2012 Curatio International Foundation presented a study preliminary findings which looks at evaluation of health systems performance in low-resource settings with regard…
Poster Presentation at Copenhagen 2012 Conference on HIV
Curatio International Foundation presented two posters at Copenhagen 2012 Conference- HIV in Europe. One of the posters presented results of Bio-Behavioural surveys among Injecting Drug Users in five cities of Georgia in 2008-2009 and specifically explored Low testing uptake and…
Contributing to publishing the paper: Circus monkeys or change agents? Civil society advocacy for HIV/AIDS in adverse policy environments
Curatio International Foundation has contributed to publishing the paper that explores the factors enabling and undermining civil society efforts to advocate for policy reforms relating to HIV/AIDS and illicit drugs in three countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Georgia,…
National Center for Biotechnology Information published CIF's scientific paper on Unsafe injection and sexual risk behavior among injecting drug users in Georgia
In August 2011, National Center for Biotechnology Information published CIF's scientific paper on Unsafe injection and sexual risk behavior among injecting drug users in Georgia. The paper describes the prevalence and correlates of unsafe drug injecting and sexual behaviors among…
Findings of the pharmaceutical market study in 2009-2011 years
The key aim of the study is to improve affordability and availability of medicines for the population. Based on a three-year observation of pharmacies and different medicines in Georgia, Curatio International Foundation studied the practice in the pharmaceutical sector and…
Main findings of Catastrophic Health Expenditure Analysis in Georgia
The researcher of the Curatio International Foundation Natia Rukhadze presented the findings of Catastrophic Health Expenditure Analysis in Georgia at the "Seminar on Health Financing Reforms in Georgia" held in MoLHSA on October 26, 2011. The study was funded by…
Contribution to the development of National Health Care Strategy 2011-2015
Curatio International Foundation has contributed to the development of National Health Care Strategy 2011-2015: "Affordable and Quality Health Care". Under the current strategy, the government intends to improve population health through a reduction of disease burden and mortality by 2015….
Catastrophic Health Expenditure Analysis in Georgia
On October 26, 2011 the researcher of the Curatio International Foundation Natia Rukhadze presented the findings of Catastrophic Health Expenditure Analysis in Georgia at the "Seminar on Health Financing Reforms in Georgia" held in MoLHSA. The study was funded by…
New web guide for using qualitative approaches to health systems research
By the end of summer 2011 Curatio International Foundation and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) developed the web resource which serves as a guideline for qualitative approaches in researching the health systems. Information of the web site…
CIF Study Published in BMC Magazine, The Role of Supportive Supervision on Immunization Program Outcome- a randomized filed trial from Georgia
The research article by CIF and international experts has been published in BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009. Article is a part of the supplement: The fallacy of coverage: uncovering disparities to improve immunization rates through evidence.The Canadian International…
Releasing results of Bio-behavioral surveillance survey among men having sex with men
Georgia is among the countries with low HIV/AIDS prevalence but with a high potential for the development of a widespread epidemic. However, over the past several years while transmission through injecting drug use is still the prevailing route for HIV…
Winner of the Fellowship Program 2011 Revealed
In May, 2011 the winner of the CIF fellowship program was revealed. According to the decision of the experts committee the fellowship will be granted to Maia Khutsishvili, Master program student of the Tbilisi State Medical University. Over more than…
Prices, Availability and Affordability of Medicines in Georgia-the New Study Report Endorsed
In December 2010 CIF wrapped up the second stage of the study exploring "Price, availability and affordability of medicines in Georgia". The study aimed at increasing awareness of civil society and improved access to medicines for the population through strengthening…
Customer Satisfaction Research Report on Corporate Health Insurance Released
Curatio International Foundation releases report on Customer Satisfaction Research on Corporate Health Insurance. The report was supported by International Health Budget Monitoring Initiative of the Open Society Institute. The research prepared by the three experts of CIF (Marine Egutia, Natia…
Statement for the Media-The Study on Injected Drug Users Completed
Only 1/4 of Intravenous Drug Users are getting tested for HIV, putting their wife's and girlfriends and the rest of the Georgian population at risk for a widening epidemic Curatio International Foundation, a Georgian think tank, says "motivating IDUS to…
National and subnational HIV/AIDS coordination: are global health initiatives closing the gap between intent and practice?
The research article prepared by the international experts and representatives of Curatio International Foundation was published in the international journal Globalization and Health web site. The article is available at US National Library of Medicine as well. The paper identifies…
Assessment of HIV/AIDS Surveillance System Pilot is Already Available
Curatio International Foundation has provided Assessment of HIV/AIDS surveillance system pilot. The operations research of HIV/AIDS surveillance pilot in Georgia was conducted in the framework of the project "Establishment of evidence-base for national HIV/AIDS program by strengthening the HIV/AIDS surveillance…
Findings of Behavior Surveillance Surveys (BSS) Endorsed
Curatio International Foundation in collaboration with Infectious Diseases, AIDS and Clinical Immunology Research Center and Public Union Bemoni and association Tanadgoma has carried out Behavior Surveillance Surveys with biomarker component among Injecting Drug Users (IDUs), Commercial Sex Workers (CSWs), and…
Internship at Curatio International Foundation is challenging for John Hopkins University Students
Throughout 2 weeks Curatio International Foundation will be hosting interns from Public Health School at John Hopkins University Sudit Ranade and Mollie Werlieb. Having the opportunity to undertake internship at Curatio International Foundation for the first ever time, students are…
The Art of Crafting Policy Briefs
High quality research evidence is one of the critical preconditions for employing the evidence by policy makers into policy making. However, high quality research evidence itself is not sufficient; it must be communicated in ways that make it compelling. On…
Representatives of CIF Visit 2010 Global Health Information Forum
On January 28-30, Ms. Keti Goguadze and Ms. Ivdity Chikovani, Project Managers at Curatio International Foundation presented Spot lights of Georgia Health Information System Strengthening at 2010 Global Health Information Forum in Bangkok, Thailand. The Global Health Information Forum, hosted…
Training in Evidence Search-Acquisition
Through implementing the project: Strengthening Capacity of Civil Society for Promoting Research Evidence into Policy Development in Georgia, Curatio International Foundation aims to improve the skills of civil society representatives in developing policies that are a) evidence informed b) tailored…
Marking 15th Anniversary
Curatio International Foundation unveiled the most successful Public Health Management Student on its 15th Years anniversary marking event. On December 18, Curatio International Foundation granted the first student of the fellowship program established on the occasion of its 15th anniversary….
Hosting Club Discussion on Mental Health Policy
On December 16th Curatio International Foundation in partnership with UK-Georgia professional Network (UGPN) hosted policy club discussion on Mental Health policy issues. The meeting focused on development of recommendations for the improvement of the existing mental health service provision system…
Put Final Touches on the Training in Policy and Political Cycle
Advent of the far reaching reforms era in Georgia surged a great demand in cross-sectoral collaboration between the government, civil society and the media to ensure production of high quality evidence and increased demand for evidence informed public policy formulation….
A New Paradigm for Regulating Georgian Pharmaceutical Market
Curatio International Foundation in partnership with UK-Georgia professional Network (UGPN) conducted policy club discussion to increase awareness of the civil society organization regarding the Bill on Changes and Amendments to the Georgian Law on Drugs and Pharmaceutical Activities, which has…
CIF will Launch Fellowship for the Best Student of Healthcare/Public Health Management Faculty
Are you a successful last year bachelor student of healthcare/public health management? If yes, you are posed a golden opportunity to be granted the fellowship worth around 250 GEL monthly. From 2009 CIF will start awarding fellowships to the most…
CoReform Project and the Ministry of Health Mark the Completion of the First Stage of Trainings on ICPC2 Application
Today, July 24th the CIF under the auspices of the USAID funded CoReform project hosted the award ceremony dedicated to the completion of the first stage of the training course on Classifications for Hospital, Ambulatory and Laboratory interventions. 30 Master…
Georgia HIS Strategic Plan posted on Health Metrics Network website
HMN takes the initiative to publish HIS strategic plan produced by Curatio International Foundation on its website. The first baseline assessment of HIS was carried out in 2006 in East Georgia by Curatio International Foundation. It applied the HMN (Health…
First Stage of Training Course on Evidence Informed Policy Formulation Crowned
More than 20 executives from leading local and international non-governmental organizations in public policy formulation have successfully completed training workshop on "Evidence Informed Policy", on July 31-August 3, 2009 in Ureki, Georgia. The training workshop in Ureki was the first…
Findings of Behavior Surveillance Surveys (BSS) to be Endorsed Soon
Curatio International Foundation in collaboration with Infectious Diseases, AIDS and Clinical Immunology Research Center and Public Union Bemoni has carried out Behavior Surveillance Surveys with biomarker component among intravenous drug users (IDUs). The activity covered 5 Georgian regions -Tbilisi, Batumi,…
The Study on System-wide Effects of the Global Fund on Georgia's Health Care Systems posted on GHIN website
The country case summary displayed on GHIN website was prepared as part of the academic consortium of the WHO Maximizing Positive Synergies between health systems and GHIs initiative. The study assesses the effects of the Global Fund funding on the…
Behavior Surveillance Survey among CSWs Covers Batumi and Tbilisi
Curatio International Foundation together with Infectious Diseases, AIDS and Clinical Immunology Research Center and Association Tanadgoma carried out Behavior Surveillance Survey with biomarker component among CSWs. The survey targeted the capital Tbilisi and regional city Batumi, sampling 280 individuals. The…
Sentinel Surveillance Method to Provide Reliable HIV/AIDS Statistical Data
In the framework of the Global Fund project "Establishment of evidence-base for national HIV/AIDS program by strengthening the HIV/AIDS surveillance system in the country" Curatio International Foundation has launched 2 sentinel surveillance sites at STI clinics. In March 2009 two…
Curatio International Foundation Contributes to Global HIV/AIDS Initiatives
Curatio International Foundation is a member of Global HIV/AIDS Initiatives Network (GHIN). As a part of the WHO Maximizing Positive Synergies publication "Interactions between Global Health Initiatives and Health Systems: Evidence from countries" Georgia Case study "System-wide effects of the…
Mr. George Gotsadze approved as a Permanent Member of the Global Fund TRP
By the decision of the Global Fund 19-th board meeting Mr.George Gotsadze, the Director of Curatio International Foundation was appointed as a Permanent Member of the Technical Review Panel (TRP). On May 5-6, 2009 at the Global Fund 19-th board…
The research article on Household Catastrophic Health Expenditure-evidence from Georgia and its policy implications published in BMC Health Services Research
On April 28,2009 the research article on Household Catastrophic Health Expenditure-evidence from Georgia and its policy implications was published on the online scientific journal BMC Health Services Research. The research undertaken by the highly qualified experts of Curatio International Foundation…
CIF Hosts workshop on Classifications for Hospital and Laboratory intervention
On March 5, 2009 the CIF, in the framework of USAID funded CoReform project organized the workshop on Classifications for Hospital and Laboratory intervention. On March 5, 2009 the workshop on Classifications for Hospital, Ambulatory and Laboratory interventions was held….
National Conference in the framework of the Global Fund funded project
On December 24, 2008 the first phase of the project "Establishment of evidence base for national HIV/AIDS program by strengthening of HIV/AIDS surveillance system in the country" was closed by the National Conference. The event highlighted crowning achievements of the…
CIF conducted a workshop to discuss HIV/AIDS Surveillance System Assessment results
Trainings on Mental Health Financing conducted with the financial support of Adam Smith Foundation end successfully. 25 representatives from Mental Health NGOs, Association of psychiatrics, psychiatric coalition, ombudsmen office and media enjoyed an opportunity of gaining sound understanding of conceptual…
CIF conducted a workshop in the framework of the project funded by the Global Fund
On March 31, 2008 a stakeholder workshop to introduce project goal and objectives, project components, main activities and project time-frame was held at the Hotel "Ambasadori". The workshop was organized in the framework of the project "Establishment of evidence base…
The Global Fund Contracted Curatio International Foundation for Consulting Services
Curatio International Foundation was contracted for consulting services in the following three areas of operation and grant management support:diagnostic and remedial action planning in Global Fund grant countries facing implementation challenges;governance and oversight processes for Country Coordinating Mechanisms (CCMs); analysis…
CIF and MoLHSA conduct a workshop on Integrated Model and Strategic Plan for the Health Information system development in Georgia
On February 12, 2008 a stakeholder workshop to discuss an Integrated Model and Strategic Plan for the Health Information System development in Georgia was held at the Ministry of Labor Health and Social Affairs of Georgia (MoLHSA). The workshop was…
Regional Workshop on Rotavirus and Diarrheal Disease
On January 23-24, 2008 a Regional Workshop entitled "Rotavirus and Diarrheal Disease Control" was held in Tbilisi, Georgia. The workshop with 50 participants was sponsored by PATH and hosted by Curatio International Foundation. The workshop brought together representatives from Eastern…
National Avian Influenza Surveillance Guidelines
In 2007 two editions of the guideline were published within the framework of the project Strengthening Surveillance, IEC and Procurement Planning to address Avian Influenza in Georgia. The guidelines provide comprehensive recommendations addressed to the Georgian health system workers on…
Dr. George Gotsadze – CIF director and PATH board member presented "Hope for health in a weakened nation"
Dr. George Gotsadze, Director of the Curatio International Foundation was invited to present findings at PATH about the human health story of the dissolution of Soviet Union, the political and socio-economic transition that has challenged a weak health care system,…
Natia Rukhadze – CIF Researcher at the Global HIV/AIDS Initiatives Network (GHIN) international workshop in Dublin, Ireland
Natia Rukhadze, presented preliminary research findings of the study "Effects of GFATM on Georgia's Health System Development" to the global stakeholders. The selected topic for the presentation was "Sustainability of GFATM program supported activities in Georgia". The workshop, which was…
George Gotsadze – CIF director at fifth Global NHA symposium in Lund, Sweden
Dr. George Gotsadze has participated in the fifth Global NHA symposium hosted in Lund, Sweden. July 8-11, 2007 The Fifth Global NHA symposium was a two-day workshop, arranged by the Swedish Institute for Health Economics (IHE) in collaboration with the…
Yale University Announced Selection of Leading Georgian Public Health Expert, Ketevan Chkhatarashvili, as a 2007 Yale World Fellow Yale University announced the selection of the leading Georgian health policy advisor, Ketevan Chkhatarashvili, the preside
Yale University announced the selection of the leading Georgian health policy advisor, Ketevan Chkhatarashvili, the president of Curatio International Foundation, an organization which is a pioneer of health care reform throughout the Caucasus, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and Africa, as…
Armenia Visit Report
CIF consultant, Ketevan Goguadze in April 1-7, 2007 traveled to Armenia. The major purpose of the visit was to provide technical support to the Armenian national working group in order to estimate the costs of the current immunization program; evaluate…
Protocol of the Policy Club on the Public Health Organizational Development
On February 23, 2007 the policy club has been organized within the framework of CoReform Project with the aim to discuss organizational arrangement of the Public Health at local level. It has brought together Deputy Ministers MOLHSA, representatives of Sector…
Ukraine Mission Report
CIF consultant George Gotsadze was invited by the country office of UNAIDS Ukraine to support the reconstruction of the management component of the Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Control Project, financed with the loan proceeds from the World Bank. The project has…
Health Research for a Responsive Healthcare System in Georgia
The project was funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and implemented by Curatio International Foundation (CIF) in collaboration with National Health Management Center of Georgia (NHMC), Tbilisi State Medical University, Department of Public Health and Management of Georgia (DPHM), London School…
Development of Hospital Master Plan for Georgia, 1998-1999
Development of Hospital Master Plan for Georgia project started in July 1998 and ended in January 1999. The project was funded by the World Bank through prime contract with Kaiser Permanente International (USA). Curatio International Foundation managed and administered all…
Hospital Financing in Georgia: Problems & Solutions, 1998-1999
The Hospital Financing in Georgia Problems & Solutions project was funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) through prime contract with Abt. Associates Inc. The project aimed to evaluate financing of the hospital sector in Georgia in order…
Healthcare Reform in Georgia
Since the restoration of independence, reforming Georgia`s healthcare system was vital. The report looks at reforms implemented since early 90ies. It give a brief overview of heatlh situation in the Soviet union. Authors: David Gzirishvili, George Mataradze; 1998. Read the…
Final Report on Family Planning and Reproductive Health Assessment in Georgia
The overall goal of the assessment was to promote a development of the national policy on family planning in Georgia through provision of updated and reliable information about the family planning/reproductive health (FP/RH) in the country. A panel of experts…
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<input id="r2" type="radio" name="options" value="2" />
<input id="r3" type="radio" name="options" value="3" />

For speeding up the form input I want to add hot keys. That is using the "TAB" user can focus on any of the radio button and if he presses my specefied hot keys it will be checked.
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http://github.com/tzuryby/hotkeys
http://www.openjs.com/scripts/events/keyboard_shortcuts/

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Opposition moves no-confidence motion against defence minister
Mariya Ahmed Didi came under fire for saying India could have occupied the Maldives.
Opposition lawmakers on Monday submitted a motion of no-confidence against Defence Minister Mariya Ahmed Didi over controversial comments made during an interview with an Indian newspaper.
The motion was filed after failed attempts to summon her to the parliament's security services oversight committee, MP Ahmed Nihan told the press.
The opposition hopes the vote will take place after the constitutionally-mandated 14-day notice period, the Progressive Party of Maldives parliamentary group leader added.
Leaders of the four-party ruling coalition, which controls a majority in the People's Majlis, have vowed to defeat the motion. However, the unity of the joint parliamentary group has been called into question over the failure to pass key pieces of government-sponsored legislation.
I do not believe any actions of Defense Minister @MariyaDidi warrants a motion of no confidence. I will vote to defeat any such motion in Majlis. HEP @ibusolih and his cabinet have my full confidence and support
— Ahmed Faris Maumoon (@afarismaumoon) February 18, 2019
The opposition contends the defence minister's interview with Strategic News International during a visit to India in late January provided grounds for dismissal.
"If the Indians really wanted to occupy Maldives, they never had the intention, I'm sure, but if they do, I don't know how we can stop it. You see, your airforce, your navy, your infantry, literally there is nothing we can do… this is just being practical," Mariya had said.
The remarks prompted a backlash from opposition supporters as PPM MPs vowed to summon the minister for questioning. "Insha Allah. We will not allow India to occupy Maldives as long as we are alive. But Mariya Didi might not prefer that," Nihan tweeted.
But the defence ministry insisted her remarks about India's age-old respect for the independence and sovereignty were omitted in local media reports, accusing some outlets of misleading the public for political gain.
– 'Slow invasion' –
The no-confidence motion comes after rising anti-India sentiment among opposition supporters over alleged unauthorised military uses of two helicopters gifted to the Maldives military.
Earlier this month, former home minister Umar Naseer started planning demonstrations against the presence of Indian soldiers who operate the helicopters.
A form was circulated on social media calling on interested individuals to join the 'Indian Soldiers Leave!' campaign. Naseer sought activists, volunteers and financial contributions.
"This is a national movement to increase awareness among the people before the Maldives is enslaved, to inform the people and to impose pressure on the governments of India and Maldives to send away the Indian soldiers," Naseer wrote on Facebook.
"Helicopters, dornier aircrafts, radars and all these Indian military hardware are tools that will be used against us on the day when India takes over our country's freedom."
India was plotting a "slow invasion" of the Maldives, Naseer alleged, vowing that his nationalist movement "will not let them breathe as long as Indian soldiers remain in Maldives."
Amid strained Indo-Maldives relations during the previous administration, president Abdulla Yameen in early June asked India to take back the helicopters by the end of that month.
The helicopters, mainly used for medical evacuations, were no longer needed, the former ambassador claimed.
But the new administration of President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih – which moved quickly to reset the historically close ties with India – renewed agreements to keep the helicopters.
At a press briefing earlier this month, Chief of Defence Force Major General Abdulla Shamaal told reporters that Indian pilots were operating the helicopters because the Maldivian military lacked the technical expertise.
The command and directions on flying the choppers come from the Maldives National Defence Force, he stressed.
Medical evacuations would be costly and difficult with commercial airlines, he noted, whereas the helicopters can airlift patients from islands without domestic airports.
Shamaal also defended a radar system gifted by India. It was common practice for countries facing similar threats to use the same security network, he said.
As both countries face threats such as drug trafficking and illegal oil trade, the radar system would prove useful in detecting ships that enter Maldivian waters illegally, he explained.
The radars would be fully controlled and operated by the Maldives military, he assured.
"I think there are bigger issues that need our concern compared to that [helicopters]. From a sovereignty perspective, the biggest priority should be to protect and secure our borders," he said.
He dismissed concerns over the helicopters and radars as politically motivated.
The nationalistic rhetoric of the opposition has also been reminiscent of anti-Indian sentiment whipped up during a 2012 campaign that led to the cancellation of Indian firm GMR's contract to develop the international airport.
Defence minister apologises for Indian occupation remarks
No-confidence motion filed to remove Speaker Maseeh
No imminent terror threat to Maldives
Opposition MPs withdraw no-confidence motion against speaker
Gasim denies role in no-confidence motion against speaker
Opposition files corruption cases against president, speaker and defence minister
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ISTMC'2019: IV All-Russian scientific and practical conference with international participation "Information Systems and Technologies in Modeling and Control"
Humanities and Education Science Academy (branch) of V.I. Vernadsky CFU in Yalta
Yalta, Russia, May 21-23, 2019
Conference website http://konf.gpa.cfuv.ru/conf.php?id=10
Submission link https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=istmc2019
Abstract registration deadline May 20, 2019
Submission deadline May 21, 2019
Topics: information security intelligent systems and technologies modeling, technologies & digital economy information technologies in distance education
ISTMC'2019 is Information Systems and Technologies in Modeling and Control - 2019
Full papers describing:
1. Intelligent Systems and Technologies
2. Modeling of complex systems
4. Information systems and technologies for digitalization of the economy
5. Information systems and technologies in distance education
GLUZMAN Alexander Vladimirovich, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Academician, Director of Humanities and Education Science Academy (branch) of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University in Yalta - chairman of the program committee
MAKOVEICHUK Krystina Aleksandrovna, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Docent, Head of the Department of Informatics and Information Technologies of Humanities and Education Science Academy (branch) of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University in Yalta - vice-chairman of the program committee
ZEGZHDA Petr Dmitrievich, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Professor of the Department "Information Security of Computer Systems", Director of the Specialized Information Protection Center, Head of the Cyber Security Division of the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
PETRENKO Sergey Anatolyevich, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Information Security Center of Innopolis University, Professor of the Information Security Department of the Saint-Petersburg Electrotechnical University
TARKHOV Dmitry Albertovich, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor of the Higher Mathematics Department of the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
MARKOV Alexey Sergeevich, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor of the Information Security Department of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Member of the Expert Council under the Government of the Russian Federation, Member of the IEEE and ACM International Associations, President of Scientific and Production Association "Echelon", Expert of the Russian Academy of Sciences, RFBR and Federal Means Certification Authorities information security
NECHAYEV Yuri Ivanovich, Honored Scientist, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, winner of the Albert Einstein Prize, Professor of the St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University
TIMIRGALEEVA Rena Rinatovna, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Director of the Institute of Economics and Management of Humanities and Education Science Academy (branch) of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University in Yalta
BUCHATSKY Pavel Yuryevich, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Docent, Head of the Department of Automated Information Processing Systems and Management of the Faculty of Engineering and Physics of the Adyghe State University
OLIFIROV Alexander Vasilyevich, Doctor of Economics, Professor, Head of the Department of Economics and Finance of Humanities and Education Science Academy (branch) of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University in Yalta
GRISHIN Igor Yuryevich, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Department of Informatics and Information Technologies of Humanities and Education Science Academy (branch) of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University in Yalta
TSUKANOV Alexander Viktorovich, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Management and Business Analytics Department of the Sevastopol State University
GLUZMAN Alexander Vladimirovich, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Academician, Director of Humanities and Education Science Academy (branch) of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University in Yalta - chairman of the organizing committee
MAKOVEICHUK Krystina Aleksandrovna, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Docent, Head of the Department of Informatics and Information Technologies of Humanities and Education Science Academy (branch) of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University in Yalta - vice-chairman of the organizing committee
PONOMAREVA Elena Yuryevna, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Professor, Deputy Director for Research of Humanities and Education Science Academy (branch) of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University in Yalta
GORBUNOVA Natalya Vladimirovna, Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor, Professor of the Russian Academy of Education, Deputy Director for Academic Affairs, Head of the Department of Pedagogical Skills of Humanities and Education Science Academy (branch) of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University in Yalta
BOYARCHUK Nadezhda Konstantinovna, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Deputy Director of the Institute of Economics and Management for Scientific and Educational Work of Humanities and Education Science Academy (branch) of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University in Yalta
DYADICHEV Valery Vladislavovich, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Projects Department of Scientific and Technical Programs and Grants of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University
MITSAI Yuriy Nikolaevich, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Professor, Professor of the Department of Informatics and Information Technologies of Humanities and Education Science Academy (branch) of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University in Yalta
CHETYRBOK Pyotr Vasilyevich, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Informatics and Information Technologies of Humanities and Education Science Academy (branch) of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University in Yalta
MAYOROVA Angela Nikolaevna, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Associate Professor of the Department of Informatics and Information Technologies of Humanities and Education Science Academy (branch) of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University in Yalta
TARAN Victoria Nikolaevna, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Informatics and Information Technologies of Humanities and Education Science Academy (branch) of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University in Yalta
OLEINIKOV Nikolay Nikolaevich, Senior Lecturer, Department of Informatics and Information Technologies of Humanities and Education Science Academy (branch) of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University in Yalta
FILIMONENKOVA Tatyana Nikolaevna, Senior Lecturer, Department of Informatics and Information Technologies of Humanities and Education Science Academy (branch) of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University in Yalta
GALLINI Nadezhda Igorevna, Senior Lecturer, Department of Informatics and Information Technologies of Humanities and Education Science Academy (branch) of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University in Yalta
LINNIK Ivan IvanovichCandidate of Technical Sciences, Docent, Associate Professor of the Department of Informatics and Information Technologies of Humanities and Education Science Academy (branch) of V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University in Yalta
All questions about submissions should be emailed to christin2003@yandex.ru
Contact Us: +7 978 821 87 09 MAKOVEICHUK Krystina Aleksandrovna
Conference website: http://konf.gpa.cfuv.ru/conf.php?id=10
Address of the conference sessions: 2a, Sevastopol st., Yalta, Russia, 298635


Our study of the strange woman in Proverbs 7 has helped us to see more clearly the behavior fitting such seductresses. We find that our culture has embraced such behavior as not merely acceptable but downright desirable (remember those cover girls we discussed?) We can clearly see that we not only need to teach principles of chastity, but we must make provision to protect our purity in this day and age. How do we do that when we are daily bombarded with imagery, conversation, and media all flaunting, boasting, or tempting us?
I've said it before, I'll say it again: Start with the Word.
We must know His will and purpose for all things, including sexuality. Not only must we know; we must agree. Let's call sin sin, refusing Satan's definitions for "romance" and flirtatious behavior. Then take captive those wrong thoughts that plague your mind, rendering them obedient to the knowledge of Christ. Do not feed them. Evaluate your reading material. Maybe those Christian romance novels are over the edge for you, evoking too many impure images or thoughts. If catalogs that promote impure body posture or seductive glances are influencing you negatively, get rid of them. Beware of TV commercials; raunchy stuff sneaks up when you least expect it. What we look at alot has profound impact on us, so take care!
Don't settle for status quo. Everyone around you may be acting or dressing certain ways, maybe even other Christians, but don't let that establish your standards. Let them be shaped by His Word alone.
Let me give you a bit of homework. Below I will list some common responses I hear from Christians when discussing modesty and purity. I've linked a scripture passage with each comment. Read the passage and then discover for yourself the error of each excuse. Let His Word begin to renew your mind!
you are so right. Seduction is everywhere. Thanks for your challenge to holiness and purity! This is actually a great resource for me in helping the young women I am around.
Excellent stuff! I hope you don't mind, but I just printed it out so I can go through it with one of our students that I meet with weekly. This is so useful!


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ACLU: Amazon's facial recognition mistook…
ACLU: Amazon's facial recognition mistook lawmakers' faces for mugshots
The ACLU of Northern California says it found that Amazon's facial-recognition system falsely matched these members of Congress to mugshots of people who have been arrested. (ACLU)
By Levi Sumagaysay | lsumagaysay@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: July 26, 2018 at 11:41 am | UPDATED: July 26, 2018 at 6:48 pm
The ACLU of Northern California ran a test on Amazon's facial-recognition system and found something disturbing: It falsely matched the faces of 28 members of Congress with the mugshots of people who have been arrested.
After releasing the results of its report Thursday, the American Civil Liberties Union reiterated its call for a moratorium on government use of facial recognition.
"Congress should press for a federal moratorium on the use of face surveillance until its harms, particularly to vulnerable communities, are fully considered," said Neema Singh Guliani, ACLU legislative counsel, in a statement. "The public deserves a full debate about how and if face surveillance should be used."
The ACLU noted that its test also showed that "Congressional members of color were disproportionately identified incorrectly, including six members of the Congressional Black Caucus," among them civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia.
Another of the lawmakers whose face was mismatched by Amazon's system was one from the Bay Area: Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord. Thursday, he and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Massachusetts, and Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Illinois, who were also misidentified, sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, asking him to provide details about law enforcement's use of Rekognition.
"Amazon must slow down and consider not just its profit margin, but the impact on society that this technology will have," DeSaulnier said in an email statement to this news organization Thursday.
Amazon has been facing other resistance against Rekognition, its facial-recognition software, including from its own employees. In June, Gizmodo reported that Amazon workers sent a letter to Bezos, urging him to stop selling facial recognition to law enforcement. Amazon shareholders also asked Bezos the same thing, saying, "Such government surveillance infrastructure technology may not only pose a privacy threat to customers and other stakeholders across the country, but may also raise substantial risks for our company, negatively impacting our company's stock valuation and increasing financial risk for shareholders."
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Despite the controversy, "We remain excited about how image and video analysis can be a driver for good in the world, including in the public sector and law enforcement," an Amazon Web Services spokeswoman said Thursday.
She added that ACLU's test did not set the confidence threshold — the likelihood that the system found a match — high enough.
"While 80 percent confidence is an acceptable threshold for photos of hot dogs, chairs, animals, or other social media use cases, it wouldn't be appropriate for identifying individuals with a reasonable level of certainty," she said. "When using facial recognition for law enforcement activities, we guide customers to set a threshold of at least 95 percent or higher."
In response, the ACLU pointed out Thursday that Amazon sets 80 percent confidence as Rekognition's default threshold, and that the company's own website shows the company "is recommending" an 80 percent confidence score in "Face-Based User Verification."
As for the ACLU's point about bias in facial recognition, especially when it comes to people with darker skin, it's a common knock against the technology — and one that is being addressed by Microsoft and IBM, they announced recently.
"Face surveillance will be used to power discriminatory surveillance and policing that targets communities of color, immigrants, and activists," said Jacob Snow, technology and civil liberties attorney at the ACLU of Northern California, in a statement. "Once unleashed, that damage can't be undone."
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In addition, Microsoft President Brad Smith last month called for regulation of facial recognition, saying tech companies can't regulate themselves on this issue, especially if government is using the technology for various purposes.
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One of the things I haven't tackled yet in my seemingly never-ending house de-cluttering, is all of my magazines. I have so many and most (we're talking 90%) haven't even been cracked open yet. So every time I think about tossing them out I end up just shoving them back in their respective dust ridden resting places. At some point I don't know what kind of list I got on but I was getting at least 10 free subscriptions, everyday it seemed I'd get another magazine dropping through my slot. And, really, I would like to go through and look at them, but there are so many it's overwhelming. I saw a few of these pins and thought maybe if I found a way to display a few at a time I could actually start flipping through them. Though I am not completely confident on that, I do have one hanger on my bathroom that I have had an H&M catalog in since, well, I think it was a fall issue of last year (see why this cleaning spree is taking me so long?), and before that I think it was a vanity fair that hung there for about ten months before that. Really the only magazine I always read front to cover and love keeping a collection of is this one. One of my other long neglected goals is to submit something to them someday.
I have a little corner in the living room where I keep my Vogue magazines (Vogue Italia is the only one I read monthly) in two neat stacks with a framed editorial shot on each one of them, they are part of the decor. I used to collect Art & Décoration magazines as well, until I had nowhere to keep them anymore and had to take them to my parent's country house - they proved to be very handy for the decoration of the house. And one other magazine I used to read monthly was Deutschland, a culture and business magazine in German - I subscribed to it to keep up with and exercise my German, but after they offered me a free subscription for a year I forgot to renew it and I miss it now. Thank you for reminding me about that. I like the idea in the third image and I also like the idea of magazines on a wooden ladder propped against the wall.
i don't know how it happened, but i too hoard magazines! i got rid of 98% of them before the move and moved with only the most recent issues. i was very good! these days, i only subscribe digitally bc i will forever hoard issues i havent read yet.
You can do it! I believe in you. Look how much stuff you have already gotten rid of and you did a garage sale.
Oh and I also love the hanger idea for a magazine rack but I think I might get sick of the idea once I had it up after awhile.
Guilty as charged too. I'll read a K Mart catalogue that spams my post box before I'll read that magazine that I paid actual money for. Maybe if I could display them, I'd remember to find time to read them. To echo everyone else's sentiments, the hanger idea has my mind churning. It's a far better idea than having them stuffed in a basket near the front door (which is my current set-up).


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Co Armagh director banned for six years after company goes into liquidation
Micheal McKenna
A county Armagh plant hire director has been disqualified after he was found to have taken money when he knew his company was in financial difficulties.
Michael Fleville, 69, of Derrytrasna Road, Lurgan was banned from being a company director for six years after his company, Michael Fleville & Sons Plant Hire LTD, went into liquidation in July 2014.
The Company traded as a civil engineering works and plant hire business and entered liquidation with estimated total assets available for creditors of £366,889, liabilities to floating charge holders of £98,701, liabilities to unsecured creditors of £728,689 and an estimated deficiency as regards creditors of £460,501.
After taking into account the losses incurred by members (the shareholders) of the Company the estimated total deficiency was £460,503.
The Department for the Economy accepted the disqualification undertaking from Michael Fleville on February 16, 2017 based on the following unfit conduct which solely for the purposes of the disqualification procedure was not disputed:
— failure to co-operate with the liquidators in that he failed to deliver up the Company's accounting records to the liquidators;
— drawing remuneration significantly in excess of what the Company could afford to pay in the year to 30 September 2013 and this caused the insolvent position of the Company which was to the detriment of creditors. He drew the excess remuneration at a time when he knew or ought to have known that the Company was having financial difficulties.
The Department has accepted 42 Disqualification Undertakings and the Court has made three orders disqualifying directors in the financial year commencing 1 April 2016.
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TAP Air Portugal became the first airline to take delivery of the Airbus A330-900Neo last week and its new aircraft comes fitted with a new (and much improved) Business Class cabin.
TAP Air Portugal currently flys to 4 North American cities (Boston, Miami, New York and Toronto) and, from June 2019, the airline will add Chicago and Washington DC to its route map too.
Right now these North American routes are served by TAP's older A330s which offer a 24-seat Business Class cabin with a 2-2-2 layout.
These older Business Class seats are angle-flat rather than true lie-flat and, although they're reasonably comfortable, they're more than a little out of date.
These seats are true lie-flat seats and are set out in a 1-2-1 cabin layout giving all passengers direct access to an aisle.
These seats are a big step up from what the airline has been offering in Business Class to date and that's why it's great to hear that TAP will be serving Miami with the new A330-900 in 2019.
The A330-900 first appears on the Lisbon – Miami route from 1 March 2019but, although TAP offers a daily service to/from Miami, the A330-900 will be sharing this route with an older A330-200.
If you're already considering booking one of these flights make sure you check to see what dates the A330-900 is operating and be aware that airlines change schedules and aircraft frequently so nothing is ever guaranteed.
The Business Class cabin may be set out in a 1-2-1 layout but not all the seats are created equal.
The nature of the Recaro seats being used means that some of the single seats on either side of the aircraft are closer to the window than others (like, for example, on the Qantas 787-9) and the seats closer to the windows are a lot more private than their counterparts.
Also, while the seats closer to the windows are slightly angled towards the aircraft walls, the seats closer to the aisle are actually angled towards the aislewhich will almost certainly make them feel quite exposed.
The best and most private seats are in the even-numbered rows (2, 4, 6 & 8).
As with the Etihad A380 Business Class and a number of other Business Class cabins there are two different arrangements for the center two seats set on alternate rows.
The first arrangement has the two center seats set quite close together with fixed tables protecting them from the aisles and a moveable seat divider between them.
The second arrangement has the two seats set further apart with fixed tables between the two seats giving a bit more privacy….but this privacy is at least partly offset by the fact that these seats are open to the aisle.
Right now Miami is the only North American city slated to get the new TAP Business Class cabin but, considering how many of these aircraft the airline will be receiving in 2019, it's likely that other cities will see the A330-900 too.
TAP has a fantastic Business Class sale on right now for travel between London and the US and it shows no signs of ending. Unfortunately the Miami route isn't showing any great fares at the moment but the routes to New York and Boston are…..
…..and I wouldn't be surprised if one of these routes was the next to get service from the new aircraft.
Keep a close eye on TAP's New York and Boston routes (especially for travel towards the middle of the year) and book one of these great Business Class deals if the A330-900 gets added to a route you're watching while the low fares are still available.
TAP's Business Class cabin has always been acceptable (considering the low fares that are often) but now the airline is moving into "really good" territory…at least as far as the hard product goes.
The service on TAP can be very hit and miss but, if I can snag a super-cheap fare and travel in the new A330-900 Business Class cabin, I can put up with whatever mediocre service I encounter – it's all about the seat for me and this seat looks good.
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Does this mean the older A330s will replace their A340s to Africa (Luanda and Maputo)?
The quick answer is that I don't know for sure.
Just a small correction: TAP already has several A332s (from CS-TOL until -TOR) retrofitted with the new C seats, which are similar to those that the A339 will feature. Those planes are preferentially deployed to US routes. In addition, TAP also has four A333s which came from SQ and still feature the latter's sears.


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By DON THOMPSON
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- A federal judge has upheld his earlier decision blocking a California law barring gun owners from possessing high-capacity magazines.
San Diego-based U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez on Friday declared unconstitutional the law banning possession of magazines holding more than 10 bullets.
California has prohibited buying or selling such magazines since 2000. Those who had them before then were allowed to keep them.
In 2016, the Legislature and voters approved a law removing that provision. The California arm of the National Rifle Association sued and Benitez sided with the group's argument that banning the magazines infringes on the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
His order included an example of a home invasion where a woman used extra bullets in her high-capacity magazine to kill an attacker.


Setting a realistic price for your home that reflects current market values will help sell your home quickly and for top dollar. When you price your home properly, you increase the chances that the offer you receive will nearly match your asking price, and that there will be competing offers—which may net you even more in the long run.
Your property has the best chance of selling within its first seven weeks on the market. And, studies indicate that the longer a property stays on the market, the less it will ultimately sell for. A property priced 10 % more than its market value is significantly less likely to sell within this window than a property priced close to its actual market value. About three-quarters of homes on the market today are 5-10 % overpriced. Sellers will usually over-price their homes by this margin if, either, they firmly believe the home is worth more than what the market indicates, or if they want to leave room for negotiation. Either way, if you choose to over-price your home by this amount, you run the risk of increasing the amount of time your home spends on the market, and decreasing the amount of money you'll ultimately receive.
At the other end of the selling spectrum are houses that are priced below a fair market value. Under-pricing often occurs when the owner is interested in a quick sell. You can bargain on these homes attracting multiple offers and ultimately selling quickly at—or above—the asking price.
The knowledge and skills of an experienced Realtor will be invaluable when determining an appropriate asking price. It is the job of your Realtor to know the current market and market trends inside and out, to be closely connected to the real estate market at large, and to be aware of other properties currently for sale in your particular area. Based on this range of connections and knowledge, your Realtor should counsel you on how to price your home properly in order to attract the highest price possible, in the shortest period of time.
A Seller's market is considered a "hot" market. This type of market is created when demand is greater than supply—that is, when the number of Buyers exceeds the number of homes on the market. As a result, these homes usually sell very quickly, and there are often multiple offers. Many homes will sell above the asking price.
A Buyer's market is a slower market. This type of market occurs when supply is greater than demand, the number of homes exceeding the number of Buyers. Properties are more likely to stay on the market for a longer period of time. Fewer offers will come in, and with less frequency. Prices may even decline during this period. Buyers will have more selection and flexibility in terms of negotiating toward a lower price. Even if your initial offered price is too low, Sellers will be more likely to come back with a counter-offer.
In a balanced market, supply equals demand, the number of homes on the market roughly equal to the number of Buyers. When a market is balanced there aren't any concrete rules guiding whether a Buyer should make an offer at the higher end of his/her range, or the lower end. Prices will be stable, and homes will sell within a reasonable period of time. Buyers will have a decent number of homes to choose from, so Sellers may encounter some competition for offers on their home, or none at all.
Remember, a Realtor is trained to provide clients with this information about the market, helping you make the most informed decision possible. The right Realtor will guide you through the ups and downs of the market and keep you up-to-date with the types of changes you might expect.
The proximity of your home to amenities, such as schools, parks, public transportation, and stores will affect its status on the market. Also, the quality of neighbourhood planning, and future plans for development and zoning will influence a home's current market value, as well as the ways in which this value might change.
The age, size, layout, style, and quality of construction of your house will all affect the property's market value, as well as the size, shape, seclusion and landscaping of the yard.
This includes the general condition of your home's main systems, such as the furnace, central air, electrical system, etc., as well as the appearance and condition of the fixtures, the floor plan of the house, and its first appearances.
Ask your Realtor to prepare you a general market analysis of your neighbourhood, so you can determine a range of value for your property. A market analysis will provide you with a market overview and give you a glimpse at what other similar properties have been selling for in the area.
The market value of your home is additionally affected by the number of homes currently on the market, the number of people looking to buy property, current mortgage rates, and the condition of the national and local economy.