The Seminar was held under a project of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
The aim of the meeting was to identify achievements and new challenges related to the access to medical care for asylum seekers and beneficiaries of international protection in Bulgaria in the past year.
The participants had the opportunity to continue the constructive dialogue of the last year seminar on the same subject, which was held on 31 March 2015, as well as to identify best practices and steps to improve the access to healthcare of asylum seekers and beneficiaries of international protection in the Bulgarian healthcare system.
Invitation for participation was extended to experts from the Ministry of Health, the State Agency for Refugees with the Council of Ministers, the Migration Directorate of the Ministry of Interior, the General Directorate “Border Police” of the Ministry of Interior, the National Health Insurance Fund, the National Network of Health Mediators, the National Association of GPs, the Bulgarian Medical Association, representatives of NGOs working with refugees.