Mid-term review of The National AIDS Programme 2011-15
October 2013
This brief document aims to provide a framework for WHO assistance in this area.
WHO six-year strategy for the health sector and community capacity development.
What are the common health problems of refugees and migrants arriving in the European Region?
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2016.03.006
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Overwhelming evidence shows that a range of health concerns—mental illness, substance dependence, HIV/AIDS, and noncommunicable diseases—affect prisoners disproportionately. But, while incarceration poses risks to health—including inadequate nutrition and exposure to violence—prisons also pr...esent important opportunities to promote health and risk reduction that need to be tapped.
Some recommended remedies:
Health ministries, not ministries of justice, should manage health care responsibilities
Ensure that testing is available, but not mandatory, for infectious diseases
Make prison health part of the broader public health agenda
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Miscellaneous
Chapter J.7