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Jointly organized by WHO/Europe and the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), the 2023 European Health in Prisons Programme (HIPP) International Conference will focus on the vulnerabilities of prisons and places of detention to infectious diseases, with the aim of making them more resilient to endemic and epidemic threats.
Participants will explore:
- how the health of people in prisons and places of detention and the performance of prison health systems are affected by infectious diseases, including diseases of an epidemic and pandemic nature;
- successes and failures in the preparedness of prisons and places of detention for infectious diseases and the effectiveness of responses to these threats; and
- ways to build resilient prison health systems and how this aligns with efforts to strengthen the health system at large.
It is expected that these discussions will inform guidelines for Member States to strengthen their responses to infectious diseases in prisons and places of detention, and to reinforce the relationships between prison health systems and the wider health system. Speakers will include WHO and UKHSA officials, academic experts, and other stakeholders.
Call for abstracts
To share your work at the Conference, please submit an abstract by 23:59 (BST) on Thursday, 27 April via the link. Submissions that relate to the theme of the Conference will be considered. Abstracts should cover issues related to one or more of the following subthemes:
- prepare
- prevent
- detect
- respond
- build
Submissions should be scholarly in nature and offer a clear contribution to new scientific knowledge or public health practice. Please be aware that submitting an abstract does not mean you are registered to attend the Conference. Should your abstract be accepted, you will be given around 15 days to register and are expected to present a printed poster.
Registration is free; however, travel, accommodation and poster printing will not be covered by the Conference organizers. WHO may be able to support representatives from low- and middle-income countries if requests are made through their ministries of health using the appropriate channels.
Please note that registration is only open to people who have directly received a registration link from the Conference organizers. If you have not received a link, please be in touch with [email protected] or [email protected] For further details, visit the event website.
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