1. Prison health in the WHO European Region

2. WHO Health in Prisons Programme (HIPP)
Aim: ‘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’
53 MS in Region, 44 MS actively involved.

3. International partners and part of the WHO Steering Group for prison and health
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Council of Europe
Penal Reform International
AFEW International
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
Harm Reduction International
International Committee of the Red Cross
WHO Collaborating Centre for Promoting Prison Health,
Public Health England, UK
The Prison Health Expert Group of The Northern Dimension
Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being
International Corrections and Prisons Association
International Centre for Prison Studies, Kings College, London
KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation
Centre for Mental Health, United Kingdom
Also international partners in our network for prison and health.
Most are international organizations within the European Region.
One outside European Region: American Public Health Association. To increase collaboration and spread our work across the borders of the European Region.
Also close links with ICPA.

4. Steering Group for prison and health – main role
Annual planning and evaluation of the Health in Prison Programme/Initiative
Provide advise on technical issues of importance to the programme
Oversee the collection of data through the national minimum public health dataset on prisons and health
Building and expanding partnerships and resource mobilization initiatives
Enhance synergies between the involved members.
Organising an annual meeting
Also international partners in our network for prison and health.
Most are international organizations within the European Region.
One outside European Region: American Public Health Association. To increase collaboration and spread our work across the borders of the European Region.
Also close links with ICPA.

5. Recent activities 2017 International meeting in Lisbon
Theme was substance misuse among prisoners
Lisbon Declaration
call to action to recognize prisons as important settings in which to address health inequalities
Data collection for the minimum public health dataset
Launching of the Health in Prisons European Database (HIPED)
Update of the partnership platform
WEPHREN collaboration

6. HIPED
HIPED currently covers the 41 European Member States  that participated in the national  questionnaire for the minimum public health dataset for prisons in 2016–2017.
The database HIPED is the first comprehensive database covering indicators of health and the organization and mechanisms in which prisons health care operate.

7. HIPED The process has highlighted
many areas where a substantial amount of Member States does not have data available
Need to allocate resources into establishing reporting system on health related indicators - key to underpin adequate responses to reduce health problems amongst prisoners.

8. HIPED Main results so far:
Country profiles have been developed and validated by Member States, and will be published in late 2018.
A Status Report on Prisons Health will be developed and published in 2018, providing an analysis of the data collected and policy recommendations for Member States.

9. HIPED Country Factsheets

10. A Health in Prisons Initiative - Action Plan 2018 - 2020
Proposal for strategic directions(HIPP)
Comprehensiveness
Visibility
Expansion
Action plan for the HIPP as a mean of creating sustainability for the work already developed and for mobilizing resources from potential donors

11. A Health in Prisons Initiative - Action Plan 2018 - 2020
The Action Plan comprises six main areas for the reorientation, consolidation, and possible expansion of the WHO/EURO Health in Prisons Project (HIPP) in the period , each of them constituting a specific objective

12. A Health in Prisons Initiative - Action Plan 2018 - 2020
The areas are:
Promote intersectoral and sectoral advocacy, policy developments and legislation to improve prisons health
Strengthen the interface between prisons health systems and the wider national health systems
Supporting evidence-based knowledge management practices on prisons health

13. A Health in Prisons Initiative - Action Plan 2018 - 2020
Foster capacity building processes in Member States in prisons health
Expanding the reach of the WHO/EURO HIPP to other WHO Regions and eventually to the Global Level
Building alliances among key stakeholders and mobilizing resources to secure sustainability