Amsterdam, February 26-28 2015
Actually worldwide there are over 700 billion of women that got married before the age of 18, and the major part of cases are of young girls under 16. The victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation in the world for 2014 exceed four and a half million. Migrants and refugees in the developed countries have difficult access to health care. Addressing these problems and other relevant issues are at the basis of a three years project on preventing vulnerabilities in health, in which BFPA will be the Bulgarian partner. The project is a multi-national initiative with leading partner “Medecins du Monde”. One of the main ideas of the concept is in changing the approach – from vulnerable groups to vulnerabilities in health in all dimensions.
The kick-off of the project was the annual gathering of Medecins du Monde organizations from all Europe, Japan, USA and Canada. 72 experts from MdM and representatives of partner organizations, including BFPA took part. The three year project is funded by DJ SanCo of the EU. The event is a Kick off meeting of the Network to Reduce Vulnerabilities in Health. BFPA Executive Director Dr. Radosveta Stamenkova shared the experience of the Association – as we mentioned, one of the 8 partners out of MdM that will work as part of the network. The inspiring working facility was part of the meeting success.
