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 pageAbstract Aims The aims were to (1) estimate the prevalence of alcohol and drug use disorders in prisoners on reception to prison and (2) estimate and test sources of between ...
Aims To systematically review prevalence studies for psychotic illness and major depression in prisoners, provide summary estimates and investigate sources of heterogeneity between studies using meta-regression. Method Studies from 1966 ...
Almost from the beginning of the HIV epidemic in 1981, an association with tuberculosis (TB) was recognized. This association between HIV and TB co-infection has been particularly evident amongst prisoners ...
Women are a small but increasing minority of the 10 · 2 million people imprisoned worldwide. There are around 100 000 women in prison in Europe on any 1 day, representing ...
The following page links to videos made by scholars around the world (not necessarily part of Global Health Social Sciences itself) and shared on YouTube. Feel free to make general ...
The following page links to videos made by scholars around the world (not necessarily part of Global Health Social Sciences itself) and shared on YouTube. Feel free to make general ...
The aim of the study reported here is to explore professionals’ perceptions regarding intimate partner violence (IPV) among young people, focusing on the characteristics of the phenomenon and their perceptions ...
Effective and appropriate data sharing requires the development of models of good data sharing practices which; maximize potential benefits, minimize risks of harm, ensure that the rights and interests of stakeholders are respected and are capable of obtaining and maintaining ... Read more
The grant can be used to cover costs of travel (in either direction i.e. Oxford staff to an African institution or vice versa), accommodation and incidental expenses to a maximum of £5000 (it is anticipated that visits in general will ... Read more
On 7 May 2015, Brazil informed WHO/PAHO of its first laboratory confirmed cases of Zika virus. In the last year the scientific community has learned an extraordinary amount about this virus and its effects. This article chronicles Zika virus from ... Read more
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