The Consolidated guidelines on HIV, viral hepatitis and STI prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care for key populations outline a public health response for 5 key populations (men who have sex with men, trans and gender diverse people, sex workers, people who inject drugs and people in prisons and... other closed settings). They present and discuss new recommendations and consolidate a range of recommendations and guidance from current WHO guidelines.
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                                                                Overwhelming evidence shows that a range of health concerns—mental illness, substance dependence, HIV/AIDS, and noncommunicable diseases—affect prisoners disproportionately. But, while incarceration poses risks to health—including inadequate nutrition and exposure to violence—prisons also pr...esent important opportunities to promote health and risk reduction that need to be tapped.
 Some recommended remedies:
    Health ministries, not ministries of justice, should manage health care responsibilities 
    Ensure that testing is available, but not mandatory, for infectious diseases 
    Make prison health part of the broader public health agenda 
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                                                                Guidance Brief 
Selected findings from ECDC and EMCDDA scientific guidance, 2018
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                 Global HIV Strategic Information Working Group
For Populations At Risk For HIV
                                                            
                         
                     
                                                        
                        
                        
                            
                            
                                                                El protocolo se entiende como el documento que traduce el acuerdo entre profesionales expertos en un determinado tema, en el que se detallan las actividades a realizar ante una determinada situación. Es un documento dinámico que necesita ser revisado periódicamente, y que debe incorporar el mejor... conocimiento sistematizado y disponible en la materia. Sus propósitos principales son brindar a los usuarios de los servicios de salud de los centros de privación de libertad una atención de calidad, poniendo a disposición del equipo de salud diferentes herramientas que ayuden a tomar decisiones en momentos de incertidumbre, contribuyan a normalizar la práctica disminuyendo la variabilidad de las intervenciones, y sean fuente de información facilitando el desempeño del personal que se incorpora a los servicios.
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                                                                A policy brief on the organization of prison health