A World Health Organization report on the health of prisoners in the European Region, presented this Wednesday in Lisbon, shows that Portugal has only 33 doctors in 49 prisons and less than 10% of the treatment for prisoners with hepatitis C.
The Ministries of Health, Justice and Science, Technology and Higher Education are co-sponsoring this World Health Organization (WHO) initiative in Portugal through a program divided into discussion panels on the contribution of this tool and the data collected to improve health policy in the penitentiary system. The presentation of the report will also take place on Thursday in Porto.
The report brings together data from 36 countries in the WHO European Region as of 2020 and outlines actions and interventions in this area in the year marked by the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This is the second edition of the report and aims to guide government and agency action to secure the right to access health care and improve health outcomes in prison settings.
In Portugal, the analysis was coordinated by the coordinators of the Directorate General of Health and the Directorate General of Reintegration and Prison Services, while data at the European level were obtained from the Institute of Public Health of the University of Porto (ISPUP). , Centro employee of WHO.
The WHO Health in Prisons Program (HIPP), established in 1995, promotes prisoner health and health policies in line with international recommendations, including the United Nations Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, known as the Nelson Mandela Rules. according to the organization.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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