Iashvili Children’s Hospital and Eliava Institute sign memorandum to advance pediatric phage therapy in Georgia

The M. Iashvili Children’s Central Hospital, Georgia’s only tertiary, multidisciplinary pediatric referral hospital, and the George Eliava Institute of Bacteriophages, Microbiology and Virology have signed a memorandum of cooperation. The hospital's medical director, Ivane Chkhaidze, says a primary practical outcome will be the active integration of bacteriophages into pediatric practice, on an individualized basis for the most severe, drug-resistant cases.