
The training was held on January 18-20 2013 at the Bulgarian Healthcare Professionals Association in Sofia. Our hosts were kind and helpful. The participants were representatives of Regional Health Inspectorates (RHI) in South Bulgaria, professors from medical universities, representatives of National Health Insurance Fund, medical students, nurses, obstetricians and other M.D. from Sofia. The topics included a presentation of the AURORA Project, causes of the disease, epidemiology, prevention and treatment. The presentations were made by Prof. R. Argirova, Dr. R. Stamenkova, Dr. Ivan Dikov, Daniela Dikova and Dr. Krassimir Romanov. There are two forthcoming trainings – for health mediators in Sofia in February 2013, and for RHI representatives from North Bulgaria in Pleven in March 2013. The training was held at the eve of the Cervical cancer prevention week – 20-26 January 2013 which has been celebrated simultaneously for years in almost all of the European countries http://www.ecca.info/en/ecca-publications/brochures.html. The symbol of this campaign is the Pearl of Wisdom – a badge, symbolizing the solidarity of the campaign participants and also the aim to establish the two main means of prevention – vaccines for 12-year-old girls and screening for women in reproductive age. http://www.ecca.info/en/campaigns/the-pearl-of-wisdom-campaign/the-pearl-in-practice.html An appeal to all women - Have your PAP-smears taken regularly!
We also recommend that you check your knowledge on prevention by taking this short test online – not only will you check your knowledge, but you will also get the correct answers in order to be health-conscious. http://www.aurora-project.eu/bg/web/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%BE-%D0%B7%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5-%D0%B7%D0%B0-%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0-%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B0-354

