by Dr Éamonn O’Moore, Director of the UK Collaborating Centre for WHO Health in Prisons (European Region)
The work of WEPHREN is guided by a Steering Committee made up from members of the WHO Health in Prisons Programme Steering Group and other experts in the field who meet once a quarter to review the delivery plan for WEPHREN and provide advice and support to the WHO UK Collaborating Centre in delivering the objectives. Find out more here.
Go to pageWEPHREN supports World Diabetes Day 14th November 2018 by collecting and sharing resources from around the world for prisons on the WEPHREN website. There is increasing recognition that non-communicable diseases ...
by Dr Sarah Anderson, Public Health England's Lead for the TB Strategy On 26th September 2018 World Leaders met at the United Nations General Assembly and ...
Words matter when describing people involved in the criminal justice system because language can have a significant impact upon health, wellbeing, and access to health information and services. However ...
Authors: Jan Cassidy and Woody Caan This study of HMP Birmingham in England was part of a much larger investigation of health needs assessment (HNA), in the context of ...
WEPHREN supports International Day of Older Persons on 1st October 2018 by collecting and sharing resources from around the world for prisons on the WEPHREN website. OLDER PEOPLE ...
WEPHREN supports World Suicide Prevention Day on September 10th organised by the International Association for Suicide Prevention by collecting and sharing resources from around the world for prisons on the WEPHREN website. ...
Hepatitis C prevalence in prison populations is much higher than in the community. Effective hepatitis C treatment within this population does not only have a direct individual health benefit, but ...
WEPHREN supports International Youth Day on August 12th by collecting and sharing resources from around the world for prisons on the WEPHREN website. This month we have an update on the ...
There is a lack of systematically collected and comparable data on the health of incarcerated people. The Health in Prisons European Database (HIPED) was developed by the WHO Regional Office for Europe in collaboration with the UK Collaborating Centre for ... Read more
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a global public health problem in correctional settings. Due to the intersection of substance use disorders and the criminal justice ...
