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Membership in national and international networks

The International Planned Parenthood Federation – IPPF (http://www.ippf.org/): BFPA is the organization representing the IPPF in Bulgaria. The IPPF is one of the most powerful and influential international organizations in the field of health, sexual and reproductive health and health education and it is a long-standing partner of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the World Health Organization (WHO). In 2008 IPPF’s European Region together with the АFEW received a consultant status for UNAIDS and The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

ASTRA (http://www.astra.org.pl/) – an international network of non-government organizations from Central and Eastern Europe working for equal oppportunities and sexual and reproductive health.

AIDS Action Europe (http://www.aidsactioneurope.org/) – a Pan-European network of non-government organizations working in the field of HIV/AIDS.

National Network of Health Mediators (http://www.zdravenmediator.net/en/) – a professional network of health mediators working in societies with more difficult access to health care, with a special focus on Roma people.

National ANTIAIDS Coalition: the BFPA is a founder and member of the Board of Directors of the Coalition.

Bulgarian Platform for International Development – (http://www.bpid.org/): a network of non-government organizations with experience and interest in executing projects outside Bulgaria along the lines of international cooperation for development. The BFPA is a co-founder and member of the Board of Directors of the Platform.

National Network for Children - (www.nmd.bg) - A network of leading NGOs, working in the field of children and families.

Latest news

BFPA survey about positive birth-rate measures

Sofia, December 5, 2022

The Bulgarian Association for Family Planning and Sexual Health (BFPA) presented the results of a nationally representative survey conducted by KANTAR. The study took place in August 2022, among a sample of 836 people from the adult population and analyzed the measures that would positively affect the birth rate.

You can find the full research here

Final conference on ARIE project: PLHIV and fitness

Sofia, November 11, 2022

On November 11, 2022, the final conference of the ARIE project was held in Sofia. The project is supported by the Erasmus+ Sport program, led by the long-standing Italian partner of BFPA ANLAIDS – Lombardia. The rest of the participating organizations are from Bulgaria, Greece, Lithuania, Romania and Slovenia. The activities are aimed at people living with HIV (PLHIV), the goal of the project is to develop and introduce a fitness program and an activity protocol for people living with HIV. In Bulgaria the project was coordinated by Boyan Mladenov from the BFPA team. Among the participants of the conference were health specialists, professors from medical universities, NGO partners, representatives of the target group. From the Bulgarian side the most outstanding was the presentation of Prof. Radka Argirova “HIV,Covid and Monkeypox - what more we have to know”
The project aims to promote physical activity in the form of personalized guidelines among people between the ages of 18 and 50 who are living with HIV and who are on treatment, offering an innovative fitness protocol to engage them in moderate physical activity.
This is the first project in Europe specifically targeting people living with HIV and fitness to promote a healthy lifestyle and add fitness protocols to HIV therapy.

Presentation of the results of a regional study and recommendations for SRH services in the European Parliament - project "Youth Voices, Youth Choices"

Brussels, October 26, 2022

In the last months of 2022 the partners of the YVYC project, together with experts and young people, developed recommendations for regional policy recommendations for improvement of health and social systems and SRHR services for young people after the Covid 19 pandemic.
The recommendations are targeting decision-makers at international and national institutions. They were presented in the European Parliament on October 26, 2022 by young advocates and experts, with the support of MEP Fred Matic. Three BFPA representatives - Victoria Nikolova, Venelin Stoychev and Pavlina Filipova participated in the EP meeting.

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