ALA’s Friends Christmas Party
Many guests and families of children with clefts attended ALA’s Christmas Party. For the youngest it was organized a Carnival with costumes and presents […]
Iliyana Mavrodieva is retiring from ALA Board of Members
I feel confident, knowing that Jana Angelova is taking my place. Jana has long been part of ALA team and she is the one who is acquainted in detail with the overall work of the Association […]
New Board of Members of ALA
On the annual General Meeting of ALA Association on October 16, 2011 ALA members made a decision to introduce some changes in the Board Members […]
General Meeting of ALA Association, October 2011, Plovdiv
The General Meeting of ALA Association took place on October 2011 in Dedeman Trimontium Princess Hotel in Plovdiv. Susana Munarriz – Financial Officer in Transforming Faces Worldwide, a partner of ALA, took part in the meeting […]
European Craniofacial Congress, September 14th – 17th 2011, Salzburg, Austria
Over 500 participants attended the European Craniofacial Congress. The main topic of the Congress was clefts of the lip and/or the palate and other craniofacial anomalies connected with them […]
Second National Conference on Rare Diseases, September 9th – 11th 2011, Plovdiv
The Second National Conference on Rare Diseases was held on September 2011 in Plovdiv. It took place at the Congress centre of the Novotel – Plovdiv. Dr. Youri Anastassov and Dr. Parvan Voynov attended the forum […]
ХХХ National Conference of Obstetrics, June 2011, Kiten
The XXX National Conference of Obstetrics took place in Kiten from 23 to 25 June 2011. The multidisciplinary team of the Craniofacial and Plastic Surgery Unit in the University Hospital “St. George” – Plovdiv was represented […]
Association ALA in the First-ever Marketplace
The first marketplace in Plovdiv took place with a big success on 21 June at Plovdiv Gallery in the building of the City Council – 45 signed agreements for a total of 30500 lv. Over 40 representatives of the Plovdiv business […]
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FIRST-EVER CLEFT BABY GUIDELINES UNDERWAY
Plovdiv, Bulgaria – 4 September, 2013 – Up to 40% of parents of babies born with cleft lip/ palate in Bulgaria are told to place their child in institutions, through lack of understanding of the straightforward care (such as simple feeding techniques) required during the first months of life. Today, however, marks a triumphant milestone for these children and their families; representatives from several countries including Bulgaria are meeting in Vienna, Austria to produce the first-ever set of EU-wide guidelines for the early care of babies born with the condition.