THEM ATIC CHAPTER: PRISONS

However, there have been reports protect the right to health in prisons,23 and 108 of staffing issues and a lack of testing kits,30 and countries recognise harm reduction in their national nationwide data on people who inject drugs in laws or policies.24 Yet, implementation in prisons prisons and coverage of OAT is largely unavailable.31 remains far behind implementation in the community and wholl. [...] WOMEN 2015 x28 2022 60% deaths drug-related MEN 2015 x78 2022 THE GLOBAL STATE OF HARM REDUCTION 2024 PRISONS 14 availability of OAT in the community in the region, diseases and drug dependence, as required by the the challenge remains to support continuity of care Nelson Mandela Rules.115 Both the WHO and the both in and out of prison. [...] Positions on drugs and on incarceration In a workshop held by the International Network on recognise the need to reduce the use of Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users – Prisons imprisonment, and more UN human rights Network in October 2023, critical barriers preventing the scale up of prison-based hepatitis services were experts and treaty bodies are urging identified as the lack of political. [...] N., et al., (2023), ‘Outcomes of Pharmacist-Led Treatment 48 Irish Penal Reform Trust, (2024), ‘Global State of Harm Reduction 2024: of Hepatitis C in the Virginia Department of Corrections’, Journal of Prisons and Harm Reduction survey response’. [...] Submission to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human 87 UN General Assembly, (2023), Human rights challenges in addressing Rights pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 52/24 entitled and countering all aspects of the world drug problem: Report of the “Contribution of the Human Rights Council with regard to the human Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, A.