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.
Celebrate WEPHREN's 2nd anniversary by watching #wephrenwebinars
WEPHREN hosted the University of New Mexico for the Alex Gatherer Memorial Lecture on Hepatitis C in prisons and an innovative peer mentoring programme. Find out more here
Watch an introduction to WEPHREN
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.
To mark World Hospice and Palliative Care Day this October, we are publishing a blog by Dr Mary Turner, Reader in Health Services Research, University of Huddersfield, UK, and Co-chair ...
The European Commission published on 25 September 2019 a call for proposals for € 2.375 million to support transnational projects in the area of EU drugs policy.
This ...
Suicide is a leading cause of death in prisons across the world and so to mark World Suicide Prevention Day 2019 on 10th September, suicide in prison is the ...
Engaging young people in drug prevention interventions presents challenges especially when the intervention is delivered within criminal justice contexts. As part of the EPPIC project we opened discussions on this ...
his resource outlines how health, education, social care, criminal justice, voluntary sector services and others can work together to stop children and young people offending.
Collaborative approaches to preventing offending ...
‘Tuberculosis disease among Prison inmates is one of the major public health concerns. While, globally and India is moving towards “END TB” by 2025, containing infection transmission from prison to ...
"Mental Wellbeing Among People in Prison in Scotland", has just been published. It is, to our knowledge, the first large scale study of mental wellbeing in a prison population. The ...
A rapid testing and treatment system piloted in Swansea HMP has enabled men in prison to successfully start treatment for their hepatitis C infection within a day or so of ...
The Counselling in Prisons Network (www.cipn.org.uk) has launched an independent Expert Reference group in relation to Informed Trauma Care (ITC) in the criminal justice system. Please contact Peter Jones on peterjonescipn@outlook.com for more information. 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 ...