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
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 page“Children deprived of liberty remain an invisible and forgotten group in society notwithstanding the increasing evidence of these children being in fact victims of further human rights violations. Countless children ...
A big congratulations to Dr Olabanji Surakat who won The Global Health Network video competition and will receive the award of a fully funded workshop at his institution. Dr Surakat ...
Sunday 28th July 2019 is World Hepatitis Day . This is an important health issues in prison. A recent review estimated that, of the 10·2 million people in prison worldwide on ...
“Vaccinations in prison settings: A systematic review to assess the situation in EU/EEA countries and in other high income countries” has just been published on Vaccine (https ...
Wednesday 26th June is the United Nations’ International Day in Support of Victims of Torture https://www.un.org/en/events/torturevictimsday/ - an important day for all ...
WEPHREN 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 ...
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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