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Tackling Measles Through Prison Radio
UKHSA’s Health and Justice team have worked with National Prison Radio to raise awareness of measles and the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine.
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RISE- Vac: Prison Health Vaccinations for People Working and Living in Prisons
This two-week course will help you gain an understanding of vaccines and why they can help protect the health of those living or working in prison and those around them.
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National Measles Guidance
UK Health Security Agency have published National Measles Guidance on how to prepare for measles resurgence in England, with a section focusing on Management of measles in prisons and other places of detention (PPD)
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Prisons and other places of detention in pandemic preparedness plans
Read the report launched by WHO, exploring the extent to which places of detention are considered in national preparedness planning in the WHO European Region.
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RISE-Vac Reaching the hard-to-reach: Increasing access and vaccine uptake among prison population in Europe
RISE-Vac is a Consortium established with 9 partners across 6 countries in Europe aiming to improve vaccination knowledge, access and uptake in people working and living in prison.
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Welcome to The Worldwide Prison Health Research & Engagement Network (WEPHREN), an open access collaborative forum for everyone interested in prison health globally, aiming to improve the health of people in prison through the equitable development of the evidence base and through capacity building initiatives for health.
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About WEPHREN
Information on what the Worldwide Prison Health Research and Engagement Network (WEPHREN) will provide, and who it is funded and supported by.
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Get Involved
Contribute to our themed collections, write an article or blog, build your training profile, sign your site up to site-finder and share your experiences.
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Resources
WEPHREN's collections of key resources, documents and journal articles on the health of those in prison from various sources.
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Training
Develop and improve your research skills and career with these available training courses linking to prison health care.
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Events
Information on previous events on Health in prisons as well as the upcoming events, with further details on how to register.
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Publication Calls
Check out our latest publication call requests and see how you can contribute by clicking the link below.
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RISE-Vac
Aim to improve health of prison population by promoting vaccine literacy and to increase access and vaccine uptake among the prison population.
Webinar | International Outbreak Management in Secure Settings
The Health and Justice team at UKHSA ran a webinar to support the publication of the ‘Multi-agency plan for incidents and outbreaks of communicable diseases in secure settings in England’ Guidance.
The webinar featured a variery of speakers from Australia, France, England, and Bermuda, who shared their experiences and case studies on managing outbreaks in prisons within their respective countries.