Date: 23 June 2016
Time: 11am – 1pm
Venue: Wood Quay Venue, Dublin City Council Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8
IPRT would like to invite you to the launch of a new report on ‘Improving Prison Conditions by Strengthening the Monitoring of HIV, HCV, TB and Harm Reduction in Ireland’ on Thursday 23rd June 2016 in the Wood Quay Venue, Dublin City Council Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8. The event will run from 11.00-13.00.
Infectious diseases – in particular HIV, TB and HCV – are a major public health concern in prisons and places of detention. They are also a human rights concern. Several international and national human rights mechanisms are in place to monitor and inspect prison conditions in order to prevent torture and ill-treatment. However, issues relating to healthcare, and specifically infectious diseases, are not always a priority within monitoring practices. The European project “Improving Prison Conditions by Strengthening Infectious Disease Monitoring”, of which IPRT is partner, aims at addressing this important gap in prison monitoring practices.
Speakers at the event will include:
IPRT is delighted that the award-winning Irish Red Cross prison programme will also be presented; this project is a unique approach to raising community health, hygiene awareness and first aid in prisons using groups of special status Irish Red Cross Volunteer Inmates as peer to peer educators.
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