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

Health in Prisons Project Member States HIPP 36 Member States are actively involved: 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 and 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

Health in Prisons Project Activities HIPP 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

Health in Prisons Project Topic needs urgent attention 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

Health in Prisons Project HIPP activities on Prisons and Women’s Health in 2008 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

Health in Prisons Project HIPP Conference 2008 Where:Hotel Bratislava in Kiev, Ukraine When: November 2008 Who:HIPP network members and local participants What:Prisons and Women’s health »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 Result Declaration and background paper on Prisons and Women’s health

Health in Prisons Project HIPP Network Meeting 2008 Where:State Department for Enforcement of Sentences, Kiev, Ukraine When: 14 (-15) November 2008 Who:HIPP network members (national counterparts and international partners) What: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 Prison visit in Ukraine on 15 November 2008

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Health in Prisons Project Contact details: Website: Deadline: 15 October 2008 Thank you!