Campaign for improving the hygiene in the Roma districts of five municipalities
 Sofia, July 13-15 2015
From July 13th to 15th at the Forum hotel in Sofia BFPA and the National Network of Health Mediators (NNHM) held a joint training for health mediators from the municipalities of Belitza, Vidin, Muglij, Razlog and Yakoruda. The main sessions and discussions during the training were around topics as: personal hygiene, appropriate approaches and campaigns to motivate the cleaning and maintaining the good hygiene of Roma districts in the five municipalities, approaches for working with up to 10-year-olds for creating sustainable habits concerning care for the oral cavity, washing hands, proper nutrition. For the older ones the messages were about sexual and reproductive health, prevention of different infections – air transmitted, nutrition transmitted, blood transmitted, sexually transmitted, transmitted by insects and parasites.
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Prisons without risk – training on health topics for prisoners in Plovdiv
 
Plovdiv, July 9, 2015 The first of the educational trainings on health issues for imprisoned on the project of BFPA „Prisons without risk” took place on July 9th in Plovdiv. Two group of prisoners of 15 people each (30 in total) were trained on topics connected with HIV, HBV and HCV, sexual transmitted infections and specifics of progression of HIV infection. Participants took part in informative discussion on personal hygiene. The trainers Prof. Radka Argirova, virologist, Dr. Radosveta Stamenkova and Daniela Dikova from BFPA, Milen Chavrov from Hope against AIDS Foundation shared knowledge with the participants on the ways of infecting, specifics and treatment of blood transmitted and sexual transmitted diseases. After the activities an opportunity for HIV, HBV and HCV testing and consulting was given to the trainees.
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Regional Council of IPPF
 Belfast, June 25-27 2015
In 2015 the Regional Council meeting of the European Network of IPPF (BFPA id the Bulgarina member of the Federation, as you know), was held in Belfast, on June 25-27 2015. BFPA was represented by its Management Board members Maria Kaloyanova and Dr. Magardich Karakashyan, as well as by Maya Kumanova – BFPA volunteer and chairperson of YSAFE – the IPPF/EN youth network. The main topic of the meeting was infertility and assisted reproduction. As it turns out, Bulgaria holds one of the leading places in infertility treatment and assisted reproduction. What is missing - the negative attitude towards families without children, the lack of access to assisted reproduction treatment or its unavailability.
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Prisons without risk – staff training at the Sliven prison for women
Sliven, June 25-26 2015 The third training for prison staff on health-related issues, part of the Bulgarian Family Planning and Sexual Health Association (BFPA) project “Prisons without risk” took place at the Sliven prison on June 25 and 26. The members of the prison staff received general information about the HIV, Hepatitis B and C viruses, about vaccines, information about prevention of blood- and sexually transmitted infections as well as specific knowledge about the HIV infection and work with people living with HIV (PLHIV). 35 people were trained by Prof. Radka Argirova – virologist, experts from the BFPA team - Dr. Radosveta Stamenkova – Executive Director, Daniela Dikova – health consultant, Ralitza Zgalevska – project manager, as well as Milen Chavrov from the “Hope Against AIDS” Foundation. Some of the staff members took the opportunity for VCT (voluntary counseling and testing) for HIV, Hepatitis B and C.
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BFPA participated actively in a regional UNFPA conference
 Sofia, May 27-29 2015
In the period 27-29 May, 2015, Sofia hosted the Regional conference “Promoting Health and Rights, Reducing Inequalities: Towards Better Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes in Eastern Europe and Central Asia”. The conference was focused on reducing health inequalities and promoting SRHR in 19 countries of the region. Organizers of the event were the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Health and the Regional Office of UNFPA for Central and Eastern Europe.
The main goal was to present the development of policies on reproductive health, to mobilize support and investments in this area, and to exchange experiences for sustainable national policies and future cross-border cooperation in the region.
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