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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.

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Regional collaboration

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Methodological capacity

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Trustworthy guidelines

One region. Many systems. A shared standard of care.

Eurasia encompasses countries with diverse healthcare systems, cultures, languages, economic environments and levels of experience in clinical practice guideline development and implementation.

Despite this diversity, countries across the region face many common challenges, including fragmented guideline activities, duplication of effort, limited methodological capacity, insufficient implementation support and difficulties in adapting international recommendations to local healthcare contexts.

The Eurasian Clinical Practice Guidelines Initiative was created to transform these shared challenges into opportunities for regional cooperation.

Multilingual

Work that respects the languages, cultures and health-system traditions of the region.

Systematic

Methods grounded in internationally recognised, evidence-based standards.

Regional

A collaboration platform spanning countries, institutions and professions.

Shared

Common priorities, less duplication and stronger implementation together.

Guided by purpose.

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Vision

A Eurasian region in which healthcare decisions are informed by high-quality, transparent, context-sensitive and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, contributing to better healthcare outcomes and more equitable health systems.

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Mission

To create an inclusive and sustainable regional collaboration platform that strengthens the development, adaptation, implementation, updating and evaluation of clinical practice guidelines across Eurasia. We aim to connect expertise across countries, build methodological capacity and facilitate the translation of scientific evidence into clinical practice and health policy.

Eurasian CPGI

Strategic objectives.

Our goal is to strengthen collaboration, methodological capacity and implementation of trustworthy, evidence-based clinical practice guidelines throughout the region.

01 Regional platform

Establish a regional collaboration platform for guideline developers, policymakers, HTA organisations, professional societies, academia, healthcare organisations, patients and the public.

02 Methodological capacity

Strengthen methodological capacity in clinical practice guideline development and implementation.

03 Recognised standards

Promote internationally recognised standards and evidence-based methodologies.

04 Local adaptation

Facilitate adaptation and contextualisation of international guidelines to local and regional healthcare environments.

05 Implementation science

Advance implementation science and knowledge translation.

06 Shared priorities

Identify shared regional priorities, methodological gaps and implementation barriers.

07 Resource sharing

Reduce unnecessary duplication of guideline development activities through collaboration and resource sharing.

08 Joint research

Encourage joint research, publications, consensus documents and regional position statements.

09 Patient involvement

Promote meaningful patient and public involvement in guideline development.

10 Early-career support

Support early-career researchers and professionals interested in guideline science.

11 Institutional collaboration

Facilitate collaboration between guideline organisations, universities, ministries, HTA agencies and international networks.

GIN Eurasian Working Group

Contributing faculty.

Four professors and specialists across the region. Select a profile to open the full academic record.

04 faculty
01 · Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ahmed Novo, MD, PhD

Health Promotion Specialist

Public Health Institute of Canton Sarajevo

Social medicine · Health systems · Quality improvement

Public health specialist in social medicine, health organisation and health economics, with more than 25 years of experience in health systems strengthening and quality improvement. He coordinates programmes on healthy lifestyles, non-communicable disease prevention, mental health and community health promotion, and has served with UNICEF, WHO and the Agency for Quality and Accreditation in Healthcare of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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02 · Montenegro

Alma Bajramspahić, MD, PhD

President, Commission for Quality Assurance

Health Care Centre, Bijelo Polje

Occupational medicine · Family medicine · Guideline development

Specialist in occupational medicine and family medicine with more than 40 years of clinical experience in primary health care, medical education, healthcare quality management and scientific research. Primarius and lecturer, she is a co-author of two national clinical practice guidelines and of Montenegro’s national strategy for the improvement of workers’ health and occupational safety.

03 · North Macedonia

Florije Raka, MD

Transfusion Medicine Specialist

Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Skopje

Transfusion medicine · Haematology · Haemostasis

Medical doctor specialised in transfusion medicine, with more than ten years of clinical experience and ongoing haematology and doctoral training. Her work focuses on haemostasis, thrombosis and platelet function disorders, and on contributing to evidence-based clinical guidelines and international collaboration in this field.

04 · Tajikistan

Nargis Maqsudova

Senior Public Health Specialist

FHI 360, EpiC Project

Health policy · Evidence-based medicine · Programme management

Senior public health specialist and pharmacist with more than 20 years of experience in health systems strengthening, health policy and programme management. She played a leading role in Tajikistan’s National Health Strategy to 2030 and pioneered the country’s Evidence-Based Medicine Centre, advancing clinical guideline development and evidence-informed policymaking.

GIN Eurasian Working Group.

Highlighted countries have GIN Eurasian Working Group members. Click a country — or its gold pin — to see the doctor there.

Working group

Choose a country.

Gold countries on the map mark where a GIN Eurasian Working Group member is based. Click one to open their profile.

Azerbaijan

Nabil Seyidov

Nabil Seyidov

Deputy Head

Central Customs Hospital

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ahmed Novo

Ahmed Novo

Health Promotion Head

Public Health Institute of Canton Sarajevo

Kyrgyzstan

Aizhamal Matomorova

Aizhamal Matomorova

Consultant, Primary Health Care Quality Improvement

Ministry of Health

Kazakhstan

Alexander Kostyuk

Alexander Kostyuk

Scientific Advisor

Kazakhstan Association of Health Technology Assessment, Evidence-Based Medicine and Pharmacoeconomic Research

Montenegro

Alma Bajramspahić

Alma Bajramspahić

President, Quality Assurance Commission

Health Care Centre, Bijelo Polje

Serbia

Dragana Atanasijević

Dragana Atanasijević

Head of HTA Department

Institute of Public Health of Serbia

Tajikistan

Nargis Maqsudova

Nargis Maqsudova

Public Health Specialist

FHI 360, EpiC Project

Tunisia

Hella Ouertatani

Hella Ouertatani

Developing CPG

National Authority for Assessment and Accreditation (INEAS)

Türkiye

2 members

Esra Meltem Koç

Head

Turkish Evidence-Based Medicine Association

Rabia Sucu

Founding President

Turkish Evidence-Based Medicine Association

North Macedonia

Florije Raka

Florije Raka

Transfusion Medicine Specialist

Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Skopje