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CoordinatorDr Panayot Tanchev
Activities
Bulgarian National Action Network
The Bulgarian Launch of the Decade took place January 25th, 2000. It took place at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia and was organised by the Bulgarian Steering Group and National Action Network in collaboration with the National Civic Forum "Bulgarka" with the exclusive support of Mrs Prof. Eva Sokolova, the spouse of Mr Jordan Sokolov, Chairman of the Bulgarian Parliament. It attracted an enormous interest among professionals, scientific and patient organsiations and was a real success. The Opening Ceremony was held in the presence of Dr. Kundurdzhiev, Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Penkov, General Director of the Ntaional Health Insurance Institute, Prof. Ovcharov, Rector of the Sofia Medical University, National Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and other official personalities.The opening ceremony was preceded by a press-conference organised by the perss center of the Bulgarian Parlament which was attended by more than 50 journalists of Bulgarian National Television, Bulgarian National Radio, central daily newspapers, medical journals etc. A special issue of the newspaper "Osteoporosis" dedicated to the Launch of the Decade was handed out to all the attendees.
The Ceremony was followed by an Educational Symposium.
April 2000. The Bulgarian Action Network took part in three recent interviews on Channel 1 of the Bulgarian National Television.The Bulgarian Network has a steady relation with the Bulgarian National Televison.
On the 10th of November, there took place the 3rd National Conference on Osteoporosis organized by the Bulgarian Osteoporosis Association. The Conference was held in the National Palast of Culture in Sofia, and was attended by more than 100 BJD-interested specialists, scientists and health services providers. Ten reports were given by eminent Bulgarian rheumatologists, endocrinologists and orthopaedic surgeons. The scientific session was followed by an intensive discussion on the problems of prevention and treatment of osteoporosis in Bulgaria, and especially in the conditions of health care system reforms.
On December 1, 2000, in Sofia there was held a Consensus Conference on "The Good Clinical Practice for Osteoporosis". It was organized under the patronage of Dr. B. Penkov, Director of the National Health Insurance Corporation and the chairmanship of Prof. M.Protich, Chief Expert on Endocrinology and Metabolism. In this meeting participated deputies,high administration officers from the Ministry of Health and the National Health Insurance Corporation, leading representatives of the Bulgarian Union of Physicians, practitioners and scientists, representatives of civic organizations and patient associations, etc. The main goal of this conference was to reach a nationwide consensus on effective management of patients with osteoporosis by the physicians from the primary and specialized out-patient health care network in this country. Over 20 reports were given by leading specialists from all fields related to this disorder- endocrinologists, rheumatologists, orthopaedists, etc. The intensive discussion led to desired results: determination of the role of medical service providers for prevention and treatment of osteoporosis; identification of the most effective methods for organization and accomplishment of medical services; proposal for improvement of the quality of services and standards for supervision; and a consensus document on a set of clinical recommendations for prophylaxis, diagnistics, and treatment of osteoporosis, based on the modern trends in medical practice.
The National Healthcare Insurance Agency of Bulgaria included on its list for 2003 the complete reimbursement of important pathways from the musculoskeletal area as spinal injuries and diseases, arthroscopic surgery, fractures of the hip and femur, and congenital anomalies of the pediatric hip. This is a great breakthrough and an important step forward in reforming the healthcare system providing a significant financial support for the better diagnostics and management of these pathologies of great incidence and clinical importance.
Bulgarian NAN has contributed a lot for achieving this success using every opportunity during 2002 to popularize the importance of the bone and joint pathological conditions in the framework of the Bone and Joint Decade 2000–2010: new editorial publications in the Bulgarian periodical journals of orthopaedics, traumatology, rheumatology, neurosurgery, etc.; outlining the BJD-initiative at the national conferences of rheumatology, spinal surgery and traumatology; new interviews broadcasted through the national television and radio, etc.
Bulgaria: October 2004 was rich in BJD-activitiesOn October 13th and 15th presentations and workshops on innovative surgical implants for treatment of degenerative disk disorders were held in Sheraton-Balkan Hotel in Sofia and Novotel Plovdiv in Plovdiv. These events were sponsored by Arca-Medica GmbH and were promoted by the Bulgarian NAN. They were attended by the presidents of the National Societies of Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics and Traumatology, and Spinal Surgery and the leading spinal surgeons of all the central hospitals in Bulgaria. The application of appropriate instrumentations at a reasonable price corresponding to the momentary possibilities of the health care system was discussed on and generally accepted.
The 9th National Congress of the Bulgarian Orthopaedic and Traumatologic Association (BOTA) with international participation took place from 14th – 17th in Plovdiv. More than 650 participants from Bulgaria and 20 other countries attended this most important meeting of BOTA. The main topic of the congress was “Treatment of Spinal Disorders”. Prof. Panayot Tanchev, National Co-ordinator for Bulgaria held the leading lecture on “The burden of degenerative spinal diseases at the beginning of the new millennium” which gave rise to an important discussion.
Members of the Bulgarian NAN presented 6 scientific reports on degenerative disk diseases, spinal deformities and spondylolisthesis with accent on effectiveness and outcome results. The Beijing Declaration “On the Move 2004” and the latest press release of BJD- Steering Committee were distributed in 200 copies during the congress.
On October 20th, the International Osteoporosis Day, there was held an out-door light spectacle in the centre of Sofia “To keep the beauty of the move” organized by the Bulgarian Osteoporosis League and other organizations supporting the Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010. This most interesting event was visited by many citizens and was a real success in attracting the attention of the public on osteoporosis and the importance of fighting against it and its detrimental effects.
OrganisationsBulgarian Acupuncture Association of Physical Therapists
Bulgarian Ortopaedic and Traumatologic Association
Bulgarian Osteoporosis League
Bulgarian Society for Endocrinology
Bulgarian Society for Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
Bulgarian Society for Rheumatology Bulgarian Ortopaedic and Traumatologic Ass.
Bulgarian Spine Surgery Society
Bulgarian Union for Kinesittherapy
Foundation Women without Osteoporos
National Civic Forum "Bulgarka"
Union of Bulgarian Journalists
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