Borovets, August 20-21, 2021
Unmonitored pregnancies lead to higher risk of complications and birth of premature babies. Every year about 6500 such babies are born in Bulgaria. The expenditures for prevention, including monitoring the pregnancies, are many times lower than the expenditures for the care and raising the premature children. The initiative ‘Every Baby is Priceless’ is for a change in the Bulgarian legislation to guarantee the providing of the best possible care for every pregnant woman.
‘Every Baby is Priceless’ is just one of the causes supported by the organizations-members of the National Network for Children (NNC). The Annual Meeting and General Assembly of National Network for Children took place on August 20-21, 2021 in Borovets. The biggest civic organization working for children’s and families’ rights and wellbeing celebrated also its 15th anniversary. Ralitsa Zgalevska was the representative from Bulgarian Family Planning and Sexual Health Association (BFPA) at the meeting.
The forum provided opportunity for many working meetings for exchanging possibilities and information on key for the Network topics, advocacy and resolving specific cases on improving the childcare in Bulgaria. In one of the sessions, connected with support for children and families in Bulgaria, participants discussed how in financial aspect should be supported children policies. There is a lack of summary item of expenditures for children in the state budget up to the moment, which complicates the work for estimation the investing in children process.
BFPA is an active member of NNC from many years and is actively working to support the work of the organization contributing and giving its expertise for advocating to improve the well-being of children and families.
