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Ongoing projects

Ongoing projects

Running projectsOngoing projects of BFPA  

The programme portfolio of BFPA for 2021 includes various and interesting projects mainly targeting the strategic drivers that are a priority both for BFPA and IPPF:
- advocacy for the rights of vulnerable groups, international development (ODA) and social campaigns
- improving the access to quality health care services in the field of SRHR and prevention of HIV/AIDS and STI
- work with adolescents, health and sexuality education
-  resources mobilization and sustainability
BFPA in its role of expert and innovator is enlarging its target groups and is a role model and expert for many national and international institutions. Here are enumerated the most relevant projects of the association, in process of implementation at the beginning of 2021. We are certain that there will be more added within this year. We are presenting the projects with the funding institutions and their duration:

 DonorProject name and duration
 MSD pharmaceuticals Youth voices youth choices – health literacy and capacity building for young people in the field of SRHR in pandemics and other emergency situations 2021 - 2023 
 Erasmus+ program of EURoma HEALTH Care II – Promotion of the health literacy of Roma by trained health mediators and the establishment of Community Health Education Centres - in partnership with municipalities and other organizations, leading Jugendstil Germany 2021-2023 
 Erasmus+ program of EU ARIE – a EU collaborative partnership for active lifestyles for the adherence to the HIV therapy and to promote fitness as therapy, 2020 - 2022
Active Citizens fund, Small Grant scheme  Capacity building for the team, partners and supporters of BFPA in the field of advocacy for SRHR, 2020 – 2021
OSI, Regional office for Europe   LYRA – Loading Young Roma advocates,
2020 – 2023
OAK foundation„The ability to change” – Learning Action Partnership for prevention of sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children and adolescents, 2019-2022
ViiV Healthcare "I WANT TO KNOW" – User friendly access to HIV and STI counseling and testing for Roma youth from vulnerable communities, 2019 - 2021
MSD for Mothers "My body, my rights" – local resources mobilization, sustainable partnerships and family planning for young women from marginalized communities in Bulgaria, Serbia and Romania 2018 – 2021
 IPPF, self-fundingImproving the access to quality health care services in the field of SRHR,  prevention of HIV/AIDS and STI. Centers offering high quality health and info services in Sofia, Stara Zagora, Varna, Ruse, Pleven 2017 - ongoing
 IPPF, municipalitiesWork with adolescents, health and sexuality education with focus on young people in institutions and from vulnerable groups  2017-ongoing
 IPPF, self-fundingAdvocacy for the rights of vulnerable groups, international development (ODA) and social campaigns  2017 - ongoing
 IPPF, membership feesResMob – resource mobilization and sustainability of BFPA 2017- ongoing
 BCNL, SexwellCondom with a cause, marketing fundraising campaign, 2016 - ongoing

 
 

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End inequality. End AIDS

Bulgaria, December 1, 2021

For yet another year, the international community celebrates December 1 - World AIDS Day. This year it is entitled "End inequality. End AIDS"
On December 1, 2021, the WHO calls upon world leaders and citizens to unite against inequalities and reach out to people who do not currently receive basic HIV services. Forty years after the first cases were reported, HIV still threatens the world. Separation, inequality and disregard for human rights have allowed HIV to become and remain a global health crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates inequalities and difficulties in health care delivery, a challenge for many people living with HIV.
According to the WHO, nearly 38 million people worldwide live with HIV/AIDS, with the number of newly infected people in 2020 being 1.5 million and the number of deaths being 680,000. Globally, in 2020, nearly 73% of those infected receive antiretroviral therapy. In Bulgaria, a total of 1,936 people with HIV are being followed up in the HIV / AIDS treatment sectors, and 1,910 (99%) of them are receiving antiretroviral therapy. In our country treatment is free for all people in need, regardless of their health insurance status. The therapy prolongs and improve quality of the of PLHIV and improves their quality of life. Bulgaria remains a country with low HIV prevalence - the frequency of newly registered cases of HIV infection per 100 thousand population for Bulgaria is 2.9 in 2020, and for comparison - the average for EU countries is 3.3.
 
Autumn fragments from BFPA’s Work

October – November 2021

BFPA launched another short animation ‘What are the Ways of Infections’ on its project ‘My Body, My Rights’ on October 1, 2021. The video gives an idea on the main ways of infecting the human body, on the work of the immune system and on the factors of which its proper functioning depends.
On process of working on the same project but this time in November, are another two films – a short animation on the methods of hormonal contraception; and one documentary on the benefits and challenges on the activities in the three projects locations: Sofia, Yambol and Montana with special focus on the work of field self-help groups. Both products will be finalized by the end of this year.
 
BFPA volunteer awarded in an international competition for social and youth cinema

Berlin, October 17, 2021

The volunteer of the Bulgarian Family Planning and Sexual Health Association Viktoria Nikolova returned on October 17, 2021 after participating in a youth exchange in Berlin. Her visit there is part of her award for participation in the international competition Youth.DanubeSalon - Shoot By Youth for social and youth cinema. A seven-member jury with representatives from Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Croatia, Romania and Serbia awarded the short film, dedicated to the need for health and sexuality education, made by her and a small team of three other young adults based on a script entirely constructed by them. The participants in the competition had to present a problem within a few minutes and to propose its solution. Coordinators on the Bulgarian side of the international initiative are colleagues from the Re-Act Association.
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