Sopiko Japaridze, a trade unionist and health activist from Georgia, has experienced healthcare in both Soviet Georgia and under the current government. She has also spent a significant part of her life in the United States. Japaridze, a member of the Solidarity Network in Georgia and a part of the People’s Health Movement, compares and contrasts her experience with these three different healthcare models.
In the second and last part of this series, Sopiko focuses on the conditions of nurses and other healthcare stuff in recent times.