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Webinars and Videos
Explore a variety of webinars and videos covering a wide range of topics related to prison health.
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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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Professor Sir Chris Whitty wants to hear from you! - Have your say on health research with people in prison and on probation in England This year Professor Sir Chris Whitty, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO), is writing a report on the health of people in prison and on probation in England. The Science Office at the Ministry of Justice is supporting the report and running a survey about conducting health research with these populations. This is your chance to contribute to the CMO’s report, to tell us your views and experiences of conducting research with these populations in England, and potentially improve such research opportunities and impact in the future. To find out more and get involved, click here
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International Outbreak Management in Secure Settings Webinar 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 (Management of incidents and outbreaks of communicable disease in secure settings. - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)). 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. To watch the webinar click here |