#BOURE2020: Ending institutionalization & strengthening family & community based care for children

Has deinstitutionalization improved the situation of children in Bulgaria? | 7 April 2021

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UNICEF Bulgaria

Has deinstitutionalization improved the situation of children in Bulgaria?

Wednesday, 7 April 2021 | 8:00-9:30 EDT | 14:00-15:30 CET |15:00-16:30 BG time.
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The global estimate of the number of children in residential care is approximately 2.7 million children between the ages of 0-17 years, or 120 children per 100,000.  The region with the highest rate of children in residential care is Europe & Central Asia which has 666 children per 100,000, a rate that is over five times higher than the global average.

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