Disputas- Dr. med. Natia Skhvitaridze

Avhandlingen er tilgjengelig her! The doctoral thesis! Prøveforelesning over oppgitt emne holdes kl. 1015, samme sted: "Benefits and limitations of maternal near miss assessment" . Prøveforelesningen vil også bli strømmet her/the trial lecture will be streamed here. Disputasen starter kl. 1215 i Auditorium Cortex. Auditoriet er åpent for publikum, men vil også bli strømmet her. Opptak av disputasen vil være tilgjengelig i et døgn. The auditorium is open to the public. The defense will be streamed here.

Populærvitenskapelig sammendrag av avhandlingen:

Maternal health status indicates country’s socioeconomic and population health level. Reducing maternal death (MD) and morbidity is a national health priority for Georgia. This PhD project aimed to study MD, maternal morbidity, and related risk factors in Georgia based on data from the national digital health surveillance systems.

MD is rare in Georgia. Direct causes (obstetric complications of the pregnant state) are more frequent than indirect causes of death. The COVID-19 pandemic had adversely affected maternal health in Georgia since women with COVID-19 infection close to or during delivery had strong association with MD and post-delivery intensive care unit (ICU) admission. Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women was 40.6%, however, it was not associated with post-delivery ICU admission or preterm delivery. Study identified challenges for the required quality of national perinatal care services. Our findings should contribute to scale up maternal health improvement in Georgia.

Hovedveileder
Professor Amiran Gamkrelidze, Director General of the Institute of Global and European Health Education and Studies, University of Georgia / Former Director General of the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health of Georgia.

Biveileder
Professor Charlotta Rylander, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.
Erik Eik Anda, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.
Tormod Ola Brenn, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.

Bedømmelseskomité
Research professor, Mika Gissler, Finnish institute for Health and Welfare - 1. Opponent.
Professor emerita Johanne Sommerchild Sundby, UiO - 2. opponent.
Førsteamanuensis Karina Standahl Olsen, UiT Norges arktiske universitet – leder av komité.

Disputasleder: Professor Guri Skeie, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.