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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Averige Gypsy's Life Lasts 10 Years Less Than Bulgarian's

Published on: 26.05.2008, 12:01
Author: Kristalina Ilieva

A project of improving the conditions and integration of minority groups in unequal position starts in Razgrad area (Northeastern Bulgaria).

The project is financed by the EU grant program FAR and Bulgarian Healthcare Ministry.

Medicine researches show, the people belonging to minority groups live average 10 years less than the other societies in Bulgaria.

Most threatening is the possibility of heart shock or brain shock in the age between 40 and 49.

The project's actions preview preventive examinations of the minority members by portative medicine cabinet, which will travel round the regional cities.

The campaign also includes 100 experts in different areas, each of them trained for the initiative in order to increase the attention towards health care culture in the gypsies' societies and increasing of attention towards health prevention.

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