Prison Health Expert Group Progress and Future activities

Prison Health Expert Group Progress and Future activities Chairs and ITAs meeting Brussels, Belgium 03. 2009 Ms Ingrid Lycke Ellingsen Dr. Zaza Tsereteli, MD, MPH

PH EG Meetings 1) February (Vilnius) - Estonia, Finland, Latvia, 2) 3) Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Canada, WHO, EHRN, Bremen University Arkhangelsk? Or Krakov – end of May, beginning of June Oslo - November

PH EG activities Forum for Comparative Dialogue. Riga, Latvia HIPP Annual Conference “Prisons and Women’s Health” and Network Meeting 2008, in Kiev, Ukraine. Project of the Ministry of Justice of Finland in Leningrad Oblast Project Proposal from Kaliningrad LHL, FILHA, EG discussions of possible TB and HIV Prevention Programme for NW Russia

PH EG activities (continuation) International Conference on Prison Health in Vilnius, Lithuania Conference "HIV prevention and care among injecting drug users and in prison settings in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania". ND strategy of Prison Health Establishing of contact with different actors working in the filed of Prison Health in the Partner Countries of NDPHS (EHRN, EMCDDA, UNODC) International Conference ‘Prison Health Protection’ and HIPP network meeting 2009 Side event on Prison Health in Oslo

Other Planned activities for 2009 Project proposal on HIV/AIDS Prevention among the female prisoners, covering Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland Belorussia Development of project proposals for Belarusian prisons Health Review and comment on the draft Strategic Goals of participant countries – including coordination of review by Partner countries and organizations as appropriate close collaboration with the WHO Health in Prisons Project (HIPP) in supporting NDPHS Partner Countries to address health and health care in prisons

Side event on Prison Health Good Prison Health – Better Public Health –Safer Society

Side event What: 1, 5 day meeting. Protection of prisoners is protection of our communities Where: Oslo, Norway with side visit of Oslo Prison When: 23 -24 November, 2009 Who: PH EG, representatives for all EG of NDPHS, MOJ, MOH, EMCDDA, WHO HIPP, UNODC, NGOs

Declaration + background paper Main aims: 1. To raise awareness among the countries within the NDPHS Region of the current situation regarding the health of and healthcare provided in and out of Prison settings 2. To call for marked improvements in the current situation 3. To discuss on transparency of practice and policies – for inmates and the community professionals Aimed for: policy makers politicians governors/chiefs of prisons - senior staff involved in practice at prisoner level Next step: Drafting group and consultation group to be established