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 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 ...
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 ...
WEPHREN supports World Hepatitis Day on July 28th by collecting and sharing resources from around the world for prisons on the WEPHREN website. Please watch the video message from Dr ...
WEPHREN supports UNODC's #WorldDrugDay on June 26th by collecting and sharing resources from around the world for prisons on the WEPHREN website. Please watch the video messages from Dagmar ...
People in prison experience a higher burden of communicable diseases such as hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV) and HIV often linked to a history of injecting drug use. In ...
Wednesday 18 July saw the launch of the 3rd edition of A Human Rights Approach to Prison Management: Handbook for Prison Staff, co-authored by Professor Andrew Coyle, Emeritus Professor ...
Please see this link for the latest on the Prison Healthcare Inquiry by the Health and Social Care Committee in the UK. The inquiry will explore the effectiveness of prisons ...
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 ...
