MISSION

• To promote public health and contribute to the achievement of health equity;
• To add value to the sectoral and intersectoral interactions of the Bulgarian scientific community, general population and policy-makers in relation to public health;
• To create and operate an independent network of people and institutions for free exchange of ideas, knowledge, know-how, experiences and relevant projects collaboration at regional, national and global level.

MEMBERSHIP

The BPHA offers the following categories of member­ship:

• Institutional members are organizations of international, national, regional or local level whose activities are focused on specific aspects of public health developments;
• Individual members are individuals who support the mission, goals and objectives of the BUPHA;
• Honorary members are individuals or organizations who make a special contribution to the mission of the BPHA or to the development of its goals and objectives, who may be invited to be an honorary member.

• Bulgarian Public Health Association (BPHA) is the only officially recognized Bulgarian association as a full member of European Public Health Association (see http://eupha.org/ → our members → full members →Bulgaria).
• Through EUPHA Bulgarian Public Health Association is also a member of World Federation of Public Health Associations (see WFPHA http://www.wfpha.org/
• By March 2019 BPHA includes 183 regular members representing the following  basic divisions:
• Pleven: Faculty of Public Health, Faculty of Health care and Faculty of Pharmacy at Medical University - Pleven;; 
• Varna: Faculty of Public Health at Medical University “Prof. Dr Paraskev Stoynov” - Varna;
• Plovdiv: Faculty of Public Health at Medical University - Plovdiv;
• Sofia: National Centre of Public Health and Analysis;
• Stara Zagora: Medical Faculty and Medical College at Trakia University;
• Ruse: Faculty of Public Health and Health Care at Ruse University
• Group of members from other institutions.

More detailed information about our members, their current professional status, affiliations, year of joining BPHA and  EUPHA, etc. see in section “Members”

• Report 2018