Mihail Dachev

Aalborg University, Denmark

Acknowledgements
The creation of this research would not be possible and the data collection would not be exact without the valuable contribution of the ten health mediators’ form all over Bulgaria that dedicated time good will and energy and with passion described to me their work. They are, in alphabetical order:

Anife Hassan from Dobrich
Bojanka Vragova from Panagurishte
Dimitrinka Borisova from Medkovets
Jeman Hassan from Varna
Kalin Dilkov from Vratza
Katya Alexandrova from Provadia
Peter Cvetanov from Montana
Sabire Ramadan from Septemvri
Sema Asenova from Haskovo
Semra Husein from Dobrich
 

Special thanks to Jana Krajewski for the read proof of the interviews and to Dr. Radosveta Stamenkova from the Bulgarian Family Planning Association –one of the key master trainers of the health mediators for her consultation. And last but not least thanks to the National Network of Health Mediators in Bulgaria– Network’s Management Board who facilitated the contacts with the interviewed and provided with updated info. And we have to not forget that everything becomes possible due to the constant effort of health mediators: