Prof. Radka Argirova
VACCINES – DEFINITION, MYTHS AND FACTS
BFPA - with the expert help of Prof. Radka Argirova – a volunteer and friend of the Association – has published a booklet which summarizes the basic facts about vaccines, about their benefits and necessity – summarized for all who want themselves, the people they help as well as all children, to be healthy.
MAIN GOAL of the present manual is to arm with basic knowledge on vaccines health specialists – RHI experts, general practitioners, pediatricians, medical students, nurses, health mediators – about vaccines in general and also specifically about mandatory vaccinations. Recommendatory vaccines have also been mentioned – like the flu vaccines, the cervical cancer vaccine, the rotavirus vaccine. The attention is also drawn to vaccinations when travelling (Hepatitis A vaccine) due to the increasing trips of Bulgarian citizens to exotic 
destinations, to which their immune system is unaccustomed.
With this issue the Bulgarian Family Planning and Sexual Health Association hopes to answer the multitude of questions posed by parents, teachers, NGO representatives, media, and other helping professions specialists about the benefits, effects and tolerance towards modern vaccines.
The presentation of the booklet was held on September 27th at the National meeting “Initiative for Health and Immunization”. Prof. Argirova also presented her booklet as a part of an educational module within the Annual General Meeting of the National Network of Health Mediators.
