Sexual and reproductive health

Free confidential testing for HIV, viral hepatitis B and C, as well as syphilis, is being offered at the municipal clinics of Athens.

In Bulgaria, the youngest grandmother is just 28 years old, according to Dr. Antonio Dushepeev, the head of the maternity ward at Burgas University General Hospital. In an interview on BNR, he also highlighted a troubling trend, with 149 births by underage girls reported at the hospital last year alone. Among these young mothers, there was even an 11-year-old girl. Dr.

A significant portion of Bulgarian women express feelings of insecurity within their residential areas. When asked about their comfort levels in venturing out alone at night, approximately four out of ten respondents, or 40.7%, admitted to feeling unsafe, while the remaining 54.3% reported no such concerns.

Women's bodies have become political "battlegrounds", putting at risk 30 years of progress on sexual and reproductive health for women and girls, the U.N. warned Wednesday.

If we adopt new ways of looking at our health, we can do a better job of matching our life span (how long we live) to our “health span” (how long we live free from chronic disease or other health problems)

More than 100,000 health care workers have completed their two-day-long work stoppage, while Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has pledged to enhance a series of measures called the "White Reform" to end violence in hospitals and improve working conditions.