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WHO and PHE Health and Justice International: Copenhagen conference

PHE report on the proceedings and outcomes of the conference and regional engagement event in Copenhagen, Denmark on 3 to 4 November 2016.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 28 February 2017

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Proceedings of the Joint WHO/PHE Health & Justice International Conference and Regional Engagement event

Ref: PHE publications gateway number: 2016618

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Public Health England’s Health and Justice team, in their role as the UK collaborating centre to the WHO Health in Prison Programme (UKCC WHO HIPP), co-produced an international conference on the theme of Deaths in Custody with the WHO Europe Regional Office (Copenhagen) at the UN City in Copenhagen, Denmark, in early November 2016 .

The aim of the conference was:

• to share good practice internationally
• to improve the quality of prison healthcare with a focus on deaths in custody, including both self-inflicted deaths and deaths due to natural causes (encompassing chronic illnesses and infectious diseases)

The 2-day programme included:

• an international conference
• a regional consultation event
• a discussion on the launch of the WHO Europe Prison Health Research and Engagement Network (WEPHREN), the implementation of the Minimum Public Health Dataset for Prisons in Europe as well as country and organisational updates on the theme of deaths in custody.

Published 28 February 2017