Final programme
ENGLISH / RUSSIAN
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Thursday 29 October 2009 |
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09.45 - 10.15 |
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Plenary room (English, Russian, Spanish) |
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Official opening of the conference by:
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10.15 – 11.30 |
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Plenary room (English, Russian, Spanish) |
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Keynote session:“Key challenges in communicable diseases in prison” Chair: Dr Andrew Fraser, Co-director WHO Collaborating Centre for prison and health, United Kingdom and Director of Health and Care, Scottish Prison Service. Speakers:
“Drug use, HIV and HCV in the prison setting –evidence for action”
“Communicable diseases in Spanish prisons”
“Communicable diseases in penitentiary institutions of the Russian Federation”
“ HIV in prison settings: A framework for an effective national response”
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11.30 – 12.00 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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12.00 – 13.15 |
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Plenary room (English, Russian, Spanish) |
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Panel discussion
Chair: Dr Lars Moller, WHO Regional Office for Europe Panel members:
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Room 1 (English, Russian, Spanish) |
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Workshop by AFEW
Co-Chairs: Mikhail Volik, Aids Foundation East West & Alla Kuznetzova, the Penitentiary System in the Russian Federation Speakers:
“Institutionalization of Major Communicable Disease Control and Prevention”
“Nine years of harm reduction in prisons in Moldova - Successes and challenges”
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Room 2 (English or Spanish) |
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Abstract session
Chair: Pilar Gomez Pintado, Head of Health Protection Service. Ministry of Interior – General Secretariat of Penitentiary Institutions, Spain Speakers:
“Resultados obtenidos en la prevención de la transmisión del VIH y del VHC por los programas de reducción de daños en las prisiones españolas”
“Telemedicine in an imprisonment center, a necessary practice”
“Prevalencia de fibrosis hepática significativa (FHS), según los índices APRI y FORNS, en pacientes coinfectados por VHC y VIH en los centros penitenciarios” |
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Room 3 (English or Spanish) |
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Abstract session
Chair: Fabienne Hariga, UNODC Speakers:
“Health promotion approaches to prevent infectious diseases in Correctional Service Canada.”
“Tackling Blood-borne Viruses in Prisons in England & Wales: An Evaluation of the Department of Health’s Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Policies and Programme Initiatives”
“Guidelines: technical hygiene care in prisons”
“The Porto Declaration” |
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Room 4 (English or Spanish) |
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Abstract session
Chair: Max Rutherford, Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health Speakers:
“HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment for Female Prisoners in Nepal”
“Initiation of an Outreach Program at Alouette Correctional Centre for Women: A Multidisciplinary Collaborative Approach to HIV Care”
“Health care needs of drug using female prisoners” |
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13.15 – 14.45 |
LUNCH BREAK AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS |
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14.45 – 16.05 |
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Plenary room (English, Russian, Spanish) |
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Session by Revista Española de Sanidad (Spanish journal)
Chair: Dr Pablo Sainz de la Hoya, medical doctor Allicante prison, Spain. Speakers:
“Spanish Society of Penitentiary Health: a force for creativity and innovation in prisons”
“The Revista Española de Sanidad Pentienciaria (RESP), over ten years of scientific research in Prison Health”
“Spanish Society of Penitentiary Health: steps towards equivalent high quality healthcare provision in prisons” |
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Room 1 (English, Russian, Spanish) |
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Workshop by EMCDDA
Co-chairs: Dagmar Hedrich, EMCDDA and Chloé Carpentier, EMCDDA Speakers:
“Monitoring drug use and related problems in prison as a tool for policy making: difficulties and challenges for policy planners”
“The potential role of prison physicians in monitoring prisoner health at EU level”
“Measuring complexity: The challenges of developing information management and technology systems that tell us what we need to know”
“A Step-by-Step HIV situation and Needs Assessment Tool for Prison Systems” |
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Room 2 (English or Spanish) |
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Abstract session
Abstract 4:
Speakers:
Co-reporter:
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Room 3 (English or Spanish) |
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Abstract session
Chair: Alex Gatherer, Temporary Adviser WHO Health in Prisons Project Speakers:
“WHO/UNODC Declaration on women?s health in prison”
“The effects of managed care practices on the diagnosis and management of communicable diseases: perspectives from US women prisoners”
“Women prisoners accounts of provider-patient relationships: a challenge to implementation of infection control and prevention in US jails and prisons”
“Female prisoners in Ukraine” |
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Room 4 (English or Spanish) |
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Abstract session
Chair: Anke van Dam, Aids Foundation East West Speakers:
“Hepatitits B and C Testing in English Prisons Between 2005 and 2008”
“The experience of the CONNECTIONS project: joining research, dissemination of evidence, advocacy and training to work towards the introduction of appropriate policies and services for providing care to drug users in the criminal justice system”
“The challenges of prison health monitoring and data collection: A Survey of 5-year Trend of TB in Prisons of I.R. Iran (2004-2008)”
“National Survey of Tattooing in English Prison Establishments” |
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16.05 – 16.15 |
Short break to change rooms |
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16.15 – 17.15 |
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Plenary room (English, Russian, Spanish) |
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Debate on Statement:
Chair: Dr Daniel Zulaika, Coordinator of the Plan of AIDS Prevention and Control, Basque Health Department 4 key experts opinions on the statement:
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Room 1 (English, Russian, Spanish) |
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Workshop by Birmingham University
Chair: Morag MacDonald, University of Central England and Editor of Journal of Prisoner Health Speakers:
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Room 2 (English or Spanish) |
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Abstract session
Chair: Dato Chorgoliani, KNCV TB Foundation Speakers:
“Chickenpox in a Swiss Prison: evaluation of susceptibility to chickenpox, post-exposure vaccination and implementation of other control measures”
“HIV prevention services for injecting drug users (IDUs) in Romanian penitentiaries”
“The use of Pretrial Release Mechanisms as a tool to prevent the spread of infectious diseases in prison” |
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Room 3 (English or Spanish) |
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Abstract session
Chair: Masoud Dara, KNCV TB Foundation Speakers:
“Predictors of HCV incidence in IDU prison inmates”
“Implementation of Pilot OST Programme in Prisons in Georgia”
“Treatment and rehabilitation of drug dependants in Malaysia: the crossroad between the penal and the legitimacy of the medical cum harm reduction approach under Islamic law” |
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Room 4 (English or Spanish) |
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Abstract session
Chair: Fabio Sternberg, MD Spanish Prisons.
“Registro de Casos de Tuberculosis (RCTB) en Instituciones Penitenciarias (IIPP)”
“Valoración de la aceptación de los internos y los profesionales del Centro Penitenciario Brians 2 sobre la implantación del Programa de Intercambio de Jeringuillas (PIJ)”
“El taller de educación para la salud de la Unidad Terapéutica y Educativa de Villabona” |
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17:15 |
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End of conference day 1 |
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20:00 |
CONFERENCE DINNER Restaurant Palacio del Negralejo
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Friday 30 October 2009 |
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09.30 – 10.30 |
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Plenary room (English, Russian, Spanish) |
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Plenary session:
Chair: Dr Robert B. Greifinger, Physician Consultant, City University of New York, USA Speakers:
“Prisons, human rights and the need for harm reduction”
“Health and Human rights in pre-trial detention” |
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10.30 – 11.30 |
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Plenary room (English, Russian, Spanish) |
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Workshop by UNODC/WHO
Co-chairs: Dr Fabienne Hariga, Global Focal Point for HIV in prison settings, UNODC and Ms Annette Verster, Focal Point for harm reduction in IDUs and prisons, Department of HIV/AIDS, WHO Headquarters Speakers:
“The UNODC/WHO Policy Brief on HIV testing and counselling in prisons and other closed settings”
"Increasing access to HIV testing & counselling, as one component of efforts to increase access to HIV prevention and treatment: The experience of the Spanish prison system"
“Rapid HIV counselling and testing in Namibian prisons for prison staff and prisoners” |
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Room 1 (English, Russian, Spanish) |
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Workshop by Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
Chair: Max Rutherford, Prisons and Criminal Justice Programme, Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, UK Expert panel:
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Room 2 (English or Spanish) |
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Workshop by Council of Europe, Pompidou Group
Chair: Andrej Kastelic, Centre for Treatment of Drug Addiction, Slovenia Speakers:
“Drug-related deaths among recently released prisoners in Ireland, 1998 to 2005” |
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Room 3 (English or Spanish) |
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Abstract session
Chair: David Kane, Birmingham City University, UK Speakers:
“Prevalence of Hepatitis and Syphilis among HIV patients in prisons of Kyrgyzstan”
“Blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections among prison entrants in Cameroon”
“Drug treatment in the prison setting - results from a literature review of the English language evidence base” |
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Room 4 (English or Spanish) |
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Abstract session
Chair: Francisco Vargas Marcos. Assistant in the General Directorate of Public and Foreign Health Speakers:
“Changes in the pattern of illicit drug use and related harms among prisoners after the introduction of methadone maintenance treatment in a prison in Iran”
“The Dutch Solution to improve continuity of (methadone) treatment”
“Substitution Treatment and HCV/HIV infection in German prisons” |
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11.30 – 12.00 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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12.00 – 13.15 |
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Plenary room (English, Russian, Spanish) |
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12.00 – 12.45
Chair: Mr Sean Duggan, Director of Prisons and Criminal Justice, Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, UK Speaker:
12.45 – 13.15“Health Promotion and Prisons” Chair: Mr Paul Hayton, Deputy Director WHO Collaborating Centre for prison and health, Department of Health, UK Speaker:
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Room 1 (English, Russian, Spanish) |
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Abstract session
Chair: Raul de la Torre, organization, Spain Speakers:
“Interventions on ethical and Human Rights issues addressed to the health care staff working in the prisons of Argentina in order to guarantee the bodily integrity and the Right to Health of the persons deprived of their liberty”
“Mass Incarceration Is Not an Option – Why the United States Should Adopt the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture” |
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Room 2 (English or Spanish) |
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Abstract session
Chair: Dagmar Hedrich, EMCDDA Speakers:
“Syringe exchange for intravenous drug users in prison”
“Fifteen years after Hindelbank: The BIG project: an integrated approach to Swiss Prison Health”
“The First Evaluation of Needle and Syringe Exchange Program in Iranian Prisons”
“Safe injecting facility in a prison: lessons learned from an abandoned project” |
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Room 3 (English or Spanish) |
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Abstract session
Chair: Olivia Castillo Soria. National AIDS Plan. General Directorate of Public and Foreign Health. Speakers:
“Overview of the situation of communicable diseases in German prisons following the Federalism reform of 2006”
“Viral Hepatitis C, B and HIV infection in Croatian prisons”
“Prevalence and risk factors for Chlamydia trachomatis infection among incarcerated men in a Swiss prison: a cross sectional study”
“The Swedish Prison Programme (SHP): A sentinel study among IDUs in Swedish remand prison on risk behaviors and prevalence of HIV and hepatitis“ |
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Room 4 (English or Spanish) |
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Abstract session
Chair: Pilar Campos Esteban. Sub-Directorate of Health Promotion and Epidemiology , General Directorate of Public and Foreign Health. Speakers:
“The extension of a national training course on substance misuse to an international audience”
“Health education for TB prevention in prisons - introducing innovative interventions through e-Learning”
“Public Health and Populations Intermittently Experiencing Homelessness and Incarceration – Addressing Ineffective Health Systems and Collaborative Recommendations to Move Forward in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada”
“How prison healthcare services could be the best model for immigration removal centers: Experiences from a study of detainees in Oxfordshire” |
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13.15 - 14.45 |
LUNCH BREAK AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS |
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14:45 - 16.00 |
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Plenary room (English, Russian, Spanish) |
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Mini-symposium by KNCV:
Chair: Dr Masoud Dara, Senior Consultant, KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation Speakers:
"TB/HIV Control and Care in the Spanish Prisons"
"Novel Tools for Rapid Molecular Diagnosis of Drug Resistant TB"
"Prison Primary Health Care and TB Control in Georgia"
"Tuberculosis (TB) and Multidrug resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) Control in Latvian Prisons Co-operation with the Public Sector"
"IFRC Experience in Continuum of TB care in the Russian Federation" |
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Room 1 (English, Russian, Spanish) |
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Abstract session
Chair: Natalia Vezhnina, AFEW Speakers:
"Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis in the penitentiary system of the Republic of Belarus"
"Survey of HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis and tuberculosis epidemiology in prisons of Lithuania"
"Entertainment HIV and Health Education in Correctional Settings of Tver Region,Russia"
"The Effects of the Global Economic and Financial Crisis on Prison Medicine in Latvia" |
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Room 2 (English or Spanish) |
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Abstract session
Chair: Sheila McNerney, Co-ordinator Leeds Chlamydia Screening Programme, Directorate of Public Health, UK Speakers:
"The added value of harm reduction strategies in prisons by independent NGOs"
"The development and role of NGOs in the AIDS Pandemic: NGOs and Post-Release Care in San Fransisco"
"Public-private partnership for HIV prevention in Romanian prisons"
"Integrating prison health in public health services: Tuberculosis and HIV/Aids prevention and care in prisons in Cameroon" |
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Room 3 (English or Spanish) |
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Abstract session
Chair: Sean Duggan, Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health Speakers:
"HIV care and treatment in prisons of developing countries"
"Impact of the Prison Environment on Methadone Maintenance Treatment"
"Prevalence of symptoms related to central nervous system in HIV+ prisoners in Spain" |
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Room 4 (English or Spanish) |
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Workshop
Chair: Mary Piper, Offender Health, Department of Health, UK Speakers:
"Challenges and opportunities for the Correctional Service of Canada in pandemic influenza planning: lessons learned from recent H1N1 response efforts"
"UK Flu planning"
"Control and prevention of pandemic influenza in Spanish Prisons" |
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16:00 - 16:05 |
Short break to go to plenary room |
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16.05 -17.05 |
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Plenary room (English, Russian, Spanish) |
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Panel discussion:
Chair: Dr Enrique Acín García, Ministry of Interior - General Secretariat of Penitentiary Institutions - Head of Public Health Department Panel members:
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17:05 - 17:15 |
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Plenary room (English, Russian, Spanish) |
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Summing up and the way forward Chair: Dr Srdan Matic, Unit Head, WHO Regional Office for Europe Speakers in the Closing Ceremony:
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17:15 |
End of conference |
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Saturday 31 October 2009 |
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