GOOD PRACTICES IN THE PREVENTION AND CARE OF TUBERCULOSIS AND DRUGRESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES

Good practices in the prevention and care of tuberculosis and drug-resistant tuberculosis in correctional facilities-1

World Health Organization 2018 Two years after the starting date for global implementation of the new Tuberculosis (TB) Action Plan for the WHO European Region 2016–2020 and the WHO End TB Strategy, it is time to take a deeper look at practices in one of the most challenging areas of TB prevention and control: that […]

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Good practices in strengthening health systems for the prevention and care of tuberculosis and drug-resistant tuberculosis

Good practices in strengthening health systems for the prevention and care of tuberculosis-1

World Health Organization 2016 MDR-TB is a continuing challenge in many parts of the world and particularly in the WHO European Region: of the 27 countries worldwide with a high burden of MDR-TB, 15 are in the European Region. An estimated 75 000 new cases of MDR-TB occurred in the Region in 2013, of which approximately 10% […]

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Framework for alcohol policy in the WHO European Region

Framework for alcohol policy in the WHO European Region-1

World Health Organization 2006 The framework for alcohol policy in the WHO European Region was endorsed by the fifty-fifth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe, in September 2005 in Bucharest, Romania. It is a framework for action, a new milestone in our long-lasting efforts to combat alcohol-related harm in the Region. The framework is designed to succeed […]

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Food systems in correctional settings

Food systems in correctional settings

By: Amy B. Smoyer and Linda Kjær Minke 2015 Since 1995, the WHO Regional Office for Europe has had a programme on prison health with the aim of improving the health conditions of prisoners and integrating prison health  into the overall public health agenda. Food is an important, yet often overlooked, aspect of life  in correctional […]

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