#BOURE2020: Ending institutionalization & strengthening family & community based care for children
Has deinstitutionalization improved the situation of children in Bulgaria? | 7 April 2021

Has deinstitutionalization improved the situation of children in Bulgaria?

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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