Core20PLUS5 Reports

by WEPHREN
15th August 2023 • comment
11th July 2022 • comment

Many prisoners still struggle to access hospital services despite their significant health care needs and early data suggests the pandemic has worsened access further. In this report, we consider new evidence relating to pre-existing health conditions before prison, the use of remote consultation, different ethnic groups' use of health services and the early impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

20th October 2021 • comment
18th March 2020 • comment
16th March 2020 • comment
9th March 2020 • comment
6th March 2020 • comment
4th February 2020 • comment
11th October 2019 • comment
30th July 2019 • comment
29th July 2019 • comment
8th July 2019 • comment
10th June 2019 • comment
8th March 2019 • comment
22nd January 2019 • comment
30th November 2018 • comment
14th November 2018 • comment
28th September 2018 • comment
10th September 2018 • comment
10th August 2018 • comment
20th July 2018 • comment
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30th April 2018 • comment
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20th March 2018 • comment
14th March 2018 • comment
6th February 2018 • comment
5th February 2018 • comment
22nd January 2018 • comment

Active case finding is a key prevention measure to promote early diagnosis, treatment and to prevent further disease transmission. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) have performed a systematic review of the published and grey literature on active case finding in prison settings.

1st December 2017 • comment
12th October 2017 • comment
12th October 2017 • comment
12th October 2017 • comment
12th October 2017 • comment
12th October 2017 • comment
12th October 2017 • comment
12th September 2017 • comment

This article in the WHO Public Health Panorama publication outlines WEPHREN's ambitions in supporting capacity building, including professional development for those working in a prison healthcare setting.

12th September 2017 • comment

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are increasingly viewed as a global health crisis, demonstrated by an escalating prevalence of diseases such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, and respiratory disease. The four key modifiable risk factors identified for NCDs are smoking, alcohol, inadequate physical activity, and unhealthy diet. In 2008, 36 million of 57 million deaths worldwide were attributable to NCDs. Of these, 14 million were attributable to unhealthy diet, 3 million to insufficient physical activity, and 3 million to obesity

20th April 2012 • comment
19th November 2010 • comment