At the WHO EURO Network Meeting on Prisons and Health in London on 15 October, WHO/Europe and UNODC jointly launched the document, “Good governance for prison health in the 21st century. A policy brief on the organization of prison health.” The document discusses the disproportionate rates of communicable and non-communicable diseases and mental health problems that exist with European Union member-states.
The report comes to the following conclusions:
- The health and well-being of prisoners is a whole-of-government responsibility.
- The most effective way to protect the health of prisoners is that health ministries provide health care services in prisons and advocate healthy prison conditions
To read the report, click here.