Sixth Meeting Prison Health Expert Group Oslo Norway

Sixth Meeting Prison Health Expert Group Oslo, Norway Health in Prisons Project 30 September – 1 October 2008 Brenda van den Bergh World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe Health in Prisons Project

Health in Prisons Project WHO Health in Prisons Project (HIPP) • Started in 1995 • Purpose: ‘to support Member States in improving public health by addressing health and health care in prisons, and to facilitate the links between prison health and public health systems both at national and international levels’

Member States HIPP 36 Member States are actively involved: Health in Prisons Project • 14 from Western Europe: • Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom (England, Wales and Scotland) • 13 from Central Europe: • Albania, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia • 9 from Eastern Europe: • Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Health in Prisons Project International partners • Pompidou Group, Council of Europe • AIDS Foundation East-West • WHO Collaborating Centre for Promoting Prison Health, Department of Health, England Wales • The Prison Health Expert Group of The Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being • International Centre for Prison Studies, Kings College, London • International Committee of the Red Cross • European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction • United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime • KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation • Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, United Kingdom • American Public Health Association

Activities HIPP Health in Prisons Project • Annual conference and network meeting 2004: Prisons, Drugs and Harm Reduction 2005: Prisons and Public Health: The next 10 years 2006: Prisons and Tuberculosis 2007: Prisons and Mental Health 2008: Prisons and Women’s Health • Publications • Country activities • Best Practice awards • Prison Health Database • WHO guide to the essentials in prison health

Health in Prisons Project Focus 2008: Prisons and Women’s health

Topic needs urgent attention Health in Prisons Project • HIPP Member States asked for focus on women in prison already during annual conference and network meeting 2005 • Number of women prisoners is still increasing (even at a faster rate than number of male prisoners) • Women prisoners are still a minority their needs are often not addressed by prison policies and procedures • WHO calls for integrating gender analysis and actions into the work of WHO

HIPP activities on Prisons and Women’s Health in 2008 Health in Prisons Project • Survey Member States on Prisons and Women’s Health • Chapter ‘Achieving sustainable improvement in the health of women in prison’ for book to be published soon • Publication of article ‘Women in Prison: the central issues of gender characteristics and of psychological trauma history’ • Survey on prison health and health behaviour among 500 female and 500 male prisoners in Kiev, Ukraine • Round Table on Prisons and Women’s health, London, UK Conference Declaration and background paper • Annual Conference Prisons and Women’s Health

HIPP Conference 2008 Health in Prisons Project • Where: • When: • Who: • What: Hotel Bratislava in Kiev, Ukraine 12 -13 November 2008 HIPP network members and local participants Prisons and Women’s health » » » • Result Women within the health and criminal justice system Women’s health and prisons in the 21 st century Quality of health care in women’s prisons Children, women and prisons Introduction Declaration and panel discussion Declaration and background paper on Prisons and Women’s health

HIPP Network Meeting 2008 Health in Prisons Project • Where: • When: • Who: • What: State Department for Enforcement of Sentences, Kiev, Ukraine 14 (-15) November 2008 HIPP network members (national counterparts and international partners) Information sharing HIPP - network members » » » Update HIPP Group work Feedback on survey Prisons and Women’s health Country experiences women’s health in prison Topic HIPP 2009 + Prison visit in Ukraine on 15 November 2008

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Health in Prisons Project Thank you! Contact details: Website: http: //www. euro. who. int/prisons Email: bvb@euro. who. int Deadline: 15 October 2008