Our vision
A Eurasian region in which healthcare decisions are informed by high-quality, transparent, context-sensitive and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
Better healthcare outcomes and more equitable health systems.
Eurasian Clinical Practice Guidelines Initiative
Evidence
without borders.
Working across countries, languages and health systems to strengthen trustworthy, evidence-based clinical practice guidelines throughout Eurasia.
Explore the initiative
One region. Many systems.
A shared standard of care.
Eurasia brings together diverse healthcare systems, cultures, languages and experiences in clinical practice guideline development and implementation.
The Eurasian Clinical Practice Guidelines Initiative transforms shared challenges into opportunities for regional cooperation: reducing duplication, building methodological capacity and supporting local adaptation.
Multilingual
Respecting the languages, cultures and health-system traditions of the region.
Systematic
Methods grounded in internationally recognised, evidence-based standards.
Regional
Connecting countries, institutions and professions through collaboration.
Shared
Common priorities, less duplication and stronger implementation together.
Guided by purpose.
Our mission
To create an inclusive and sustainable regional collaboration platform supporting the development, adaptation, implementation, updating and evaluation of clinical practice guidelines.
Connecting expertise, building methodological capacity and translating scientific evidence into clinical practice and health policy.
Our priorities
Shared expertise. Stronger methods. Better implementation.
Strengthening collaboration and trustworthy guidelines across the region.
Regional & institutional collaboration
Building an inclusive regional platform that connects countries, institutions and professionals working on clinical practice guidelines.
Strengthening institutional collaboration to exchange expertise and support sustained cooperation.
Methods, standards & local adaptation
Strengthening methodological capacity and supporting internationally recognised standards for trustworthy guideline development.
Adapting recommendations to local healthcare systems, resources, languages and clinical contexts.
Implementation & patient involvement
Supporting implementation science to help translate guideline recommendations into everyday practice.
Encouraging patient involvement so that guideline work reflects the needs and perspectives of the people it serves.
Shared priorities, resources & research
Identifying common priorities, sharing resources and reducing unnecessary duplication of effort.
Encouraging joint research and exchange of experience across the region.
Early-career support
Supporting early-career professionals through opportunities for learning, collaboration and participation in regional guideline activities.
GIN Eurasian Working Group
Contributing faculty
Specialists contributing to evidence-based clinical practice guidelines across Eurasia.
Ahmed Novo, MD, PhD
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Health Promotion Specialist
Public Health Institute of Canton Sarajevo
Alma Bajramspahić, MD, PhD
Montenegro
President, Commission for Quality Assurance
Health Care Centre, Bijelo Polje
Florije Raka, MD
North Macedonia
Transfusion Medicine Specialist
Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Skopje
Nargis Maqsudova
Tajikistan
Senior Public Health Specialist
FHI 360, EpiC Project
GIN Eurasian Working Group
Select a country to view its members.
Azerbaijan
Nabil Seyidov
Deputy Head
Central Customs Hospital
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ahmed Novo, MD, PhD
Health Promotion Specialist
Public Health Institute of Canton Sarajevo
Kazakhstan
Alexander Kostyuk
Scientific Advisor
Kazakhstan Association of Health Technology Assessment, Evidence-Based Medicine and Pharmacoeconomic Research
Kyrgyzstan
Aizhamal Matomorova
Consultant, Primary Health Care Quality Improvement
Ministry of Health
Montenegro
Alma Bajramspahić, MD, PhD
President, Commission for Quality Assurance
Health Care Centre, Bijelo Polje
North Macedonia
Florije Raka, MD
Transfusion Medicine Specialist
Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Skopje
Serbia
Dragana Atanasijević
Head of HTA Department
Institute of Public Health of Serbia
Tajikistan
Nargis Maqsudova
Senior Public Health Specialist
FHI 360, EpiC Project
Tunisia
Hella Ouertatani
Developing CPG
National Authority for Assessment and Accreditation (INEAS)
Türkiye
Esra Meltem Koç
Head
Turkish Evidence-Based Medicine Association
Rabia Sucu
Founding President
Turkish Evidence-Based Medicine Association