Health in Prisons Project
 
Publications

arrowAlcohol in Prisons [external link] 
 Report published by Oxford Journals 
   
arrowAssessment of health services to prisoners in Andorra, 2009 [pdf, 202KB] 
 Also available in: fr[pdf, 211KB] 
   
arrowBulletin of the World Health Organization - Editorial: Women’s health in prison: urgent need for improvement in gender equity and social justice [WHO headquarters] 
 Brenda J van den Bergh, Alex Gatherer & Lars F Møller 
   
arrowDeclaration on Prison Health as Part of Public Health [pdf, 246KB] 
 Moscow, 24 October 2003 
 Also available in: fr[pdf, 246KB], de[pdf, 242KB], ru[pdf, 390KB] 
   
arrowEvaluation of opioid substitution therapy in the Kyrgyz Republic [pdf, 176KB] 
 Also available in: ru[pdf, 478KB] 
   
arrowEvaluation of patients in opioid substitution therapy in the Kyrgyz Republic [pdf, 262KB] 
 An evaluation on a survey on patients in Methadone Substitution therapy. 
 Also available in: ru[pdf, 303KB] 
   
arrowFact sheet on Prisons and Mental Health 
 Of the two million prisoners in Europe, at least 400 000 suffer from a significant mental disorder. This document outlines basic facts and figures on mental health in prisons 
   
arrowFrom the inside, Experiences of prison mental health care [external link] 
 New publication by Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health 
   
arrowGuide for Tuberculosis Control in Populations Deprived of Liberty in Latin America and the Caribbean [external link] 
 World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Americas 
   
arrowHealth in prisons update [pdf, 451KB] 
 Newsletter No. 1, 2003 
   
arrowHealth in prisons. A WHO guide to the essentials in prison health 
 This guide outlines some of the steps prison systems should take to reduce the public health risks. 
   
arrowHealth in prisons. A WHO guide to the essentials in prison health (2007) 
 The publication outlines some of the steps prison systems should take to reduce the public health risks from compulsory detention in often unhealthy situations, care for prisoners in need and promote the health of prisoners and staff. 
   
arrowHIPP fact sheet [pdf, 797KB] 
   
arrowHIV and AIDS in places of detention [external link] 
 A toolkit for policy makers, programme managers, prison officers and health care providers in prison settings, commissioned by UNODC 
   
arrowHIV in prisons [pdf, 2MB] 
 Reader with particular relevance to the newly independent states, 2001 
   
arrowHIV/AIDS prevention, care, treatment and support in prison setting [external link] 
 A framework for an effective national response, WHO and UNAIDS 
   
arrowMental Health and Prisons [pdf, 48KB] 
 Information sheet WHO/ICRC 
   
arrowMental health promotion in prisons [pdf, 75KB] 
 Report on a WHO meeting, 1998 
   
arrowOut of the margin - harm reduction and HIV prevention [external link] 
 Publication by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
   
arrowPrison needle exchange lessons from a comprehensive review of international evidence and experience [external link] 
 2nd edition of the needle exchange overview 
   
arrowPrisons, drugs and society [pdf, 113KB] 
 Consensus statement on principles, policies and practices 
 Also available in: fr[pdf, 1MB], de[pdf, 223KB], ru[pdf, 335KB] 
   
arrowPromoting the health of young people in custody [pdf, 118KB] 
 Also available in: ru[pdf, 142KB] 
   
arrowPublic health consequences of imprisonment [pdf, 86KB] 
 WHO Health in Prisons Project after 10 years: persistent barriers and achievements, 2005 (reproduced with permission) 
   
arrowPublication by WHO HIV/AIDS and UNAIDS 
 Progress on implementing the Dublin Declaration on Partnership to Fight HIV/AIDS in Europe and Central Asia 
   
arrowReduction of HIV transmission in prisons 
 Technical papers 2007, World Health Organization; UNODC; UNAIDS 
   
arrowStatus Paper on Prisons and Tuberculosis 
   
arrowStatus Paper on Prisons, Drugs and Harm Reduction [pdf, 270KB] 
 2005 
 Also available in: ru[pdf, 465KB] 
   
arrowTrencin statement on prisons and mental health [pdf, 654KB] 
   
arrowTuberculosis control in prisons : a manual for programme managers [WHO headquarters] 
 WHO headquarters, 2005 
   
arrowWHO Guidelines on HIV infection and AIDS in Prisons [external link] 
 Geneva, March 1993 
   
arrowWomen’s health in prison, Correcting gender inequity in prison health [pdf, 481KB] 
 New joint Declaration on Women's Health in Prison' by WHO and UNODC 
 Also available in: fr[pdf, 414KB], de[pdf, 338KB], ru[pdf, 805KB]