1.    We would like to suggest using the following wording – last sentence in paragraph 59 – “Access to employment but also some healthcare services and education continue to remain pressing problems often compounded by a lack of awareness regarding rights and entitlements (for example in relation to private healthcare insurance).

Since September 2014, Government health insurance is no longer in effect in the country. Introducing Universal Health Care in Georgia in February 2013 aimed at improving the general population’s access to healthcare, has benefited more Georgians from gaining access to health services when ill and being less prone to impoverishment or catastrophic out-of-pocket spending on healthcare. In addition, the Ministry carries out permanently information campaigns for public awareness-raising of the services covered by the Government.

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Ketevan Goginashvili, MPH

Head of Health Policy Division

Health Care Department

Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs

144 Tsereteli Ave

Tbilisi 0119, Georgia

Tel: +995 32 251 00 38 ext 1108

Mob: 995 577717984