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Nata Avaliani, MD, MPH Regional Director, Caucasus
A public health specialist with extensive experience in the areas of health promotion, epidemiology, and disease prevention and management, Dr. Avaliani is responsible for overall management of AIHA's activities in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia.Prior to serving as regional director, Dr. Avaliani served as program coordinator and then deputy director in AIHA's Tbilisi office.
Before joining AIHA in 1999, Dr. Avaliani held a dual position as Deputy Director of the Department of Public Health and Health Promotion Component Coordinator for the WB Georgia project.In this capacity Dr. Avaliani led efforts to develop national health policy and strategy in the areas of health promotion, epidemiology, and disease prevention, as well as to develop training programs in the field.Her clinical experience includes an internship in cardiology and a position as a nurse in the Cornary Unit at City Hospital No. 1 in Tbilisi.
Dr. Avaliani serves as an expert on Council of Europe's health committees and is a co-author of publications on health promotion, healthy life-style choices, and chronic disease epidemiology and prevention.
Dr. Avaliani earned her MPH from the Netherlands School of Public Health in Utrecht, and her MD, with a specialty in internal medicine, from Tbilisi State Medical University.