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 is celebrating its 2nd anniversary and will be broadcasting the Alex Gatherer lecture over a Skype webinar on Friday 12th July, 2019 at 15.15-17.00 ...
The Trends and Developments report presents a top-level overview of the drug phenomenon in Europe, covering drug supply, use and public health problems as well as drug policy and responses. Together ...
Every year, on 31 May, the World Health Organization (WHO) and global partners celebrate World No Tobacco Day (WNTD). The annual campaign is an opportunity to raise awareness ...
Global Prison Trends 2019 is the fifth edition in PRI’s annual flagship Global Prison Trends series which identifies topical developments and challenges in criminal justice, and prison policy and ...
This competition is now closed Could you help explain what The Global Health Network is all about on video? If so here's a chance to win a training workshop ...
The report, Towards a health-informed approach to penal reform? Evidence from ten countries, examines the effects of failed penal policies through the lens of health. Drawing on ICPR’s ...
In May 2019, Stop TB published "The Declaration of the rights of people affected by Tuberculosis". Read the declaration here
In March 2019, WHO issued “Consolidated guidelines on drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment” Please find these via the link: https://www.who.int/tb/publications/2019/consolidated-guidelines-drug-resistant-TB-treatment/en/ These consolidated guidelines ...
Please click on the link for information on two opportunities for PhD scholarships related to prison health at the University of New South Wales, Australia - understanding mortality inequality among prisoners and a second study of sexual health attitudes of ... Read more
The NIHR Global Health Policy and Systems Research (Global HPSR) programme is partnering UK researchers with low and middle-income countries (LIMCs) to support research in global health policy and systems research. Funding opportunities are available between June 2019 and September ... Read more
The Council of Europe has published a report on prison management and organisation, authored by Jorg Pont and Timothy Harding. Read more
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 ...
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