Research and analysis

WHO and PHE Health and Justice International Conference: proceedings

PHE report summarises and synthesises the proceedings and outcomes of the conference and regional engagement event in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 17 December 2015

Documents

Proceedings of the Joint WHO and PHE Health and Justice International Conference and Regional Engagement Event Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 27 to 29 October 2015

Ref: PHE publications gateway number: 2015543

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Details

PHE’s Health and Justice Team, in its role as the UK Collaborating Centre to the WHO Health in Prison Programme (UKCC WHO HIPP), co-produced an international conference with the WHO Europe Regional Office (Copenhagen) and the State Penitentiary Service of Kyrgyz Republic (GSIN).

The conference was in the capital city, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in October 2015.

The aim of the conference was:

• to share good practice internationally
• to improve the quality of prison healthcare, with a focus on reducing harm from illicit drug use among people in prison, including infectious diseases transmitted by sharing injecting equipment

The 3-day programme included:

• a day of prison visits
• an international conference
• a regional consultation event which included discussion on research, tuberculosis in prisons and peer health education

Published 17 December 2015