Guidance on prevention of communicable diseases in prison settingsMarieke J van der Werf on behalf of Lara Tavoschi

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

2 June 2017

Guidance on prevention of communicable diseases in prison settings

The aim is to develop an evidence-based public health guidance on prevention of communicable diseases in prison settings

Scope of work

Audience: Policy makers, policy advisors, programme managers, professionals involved in national guidelines/guidance development, service providers

Scope: Improve prevention and control of communicable diseases in prison setting by identifying effective (cost-effective) interventions and service models

Geographic scope: EU/EEA

Topic: Communicable diseases

Population: People in prison

Macro-areas and prioritization process

➢ Active case finding for communicable diseases at entrance and during stay;

➢ Vaccination strategies, including vaccination at entrance, during stay and in outbreak situation

➢ Prevention, care and treatment of TB

➢ Prevention, care and treatment for HIV ➢ Prevention, care and treatment of viral hepatitis, with a

focus on treatment for hepatitis C ➢ Prevention and control of injecting-related infections among

current or former drug users➢ Prevention, care and treatment of sexually transmitted

diseases

➢ Prevention of communicable diseases transmission through medical procedures, tattooing, piercing or the sharing of everyday items

➢ Prevention and control of food- and waterborne diseases outbreaks

Guidance on prevention of communicable diseases in prison settings

Review of the evidence for selected communicable diseases and prevention and control interventions in prison settings, covering peer-reviewed and grey literature

Assessment of the evidence by an ad hoc scientific panel

Formulation of options by ECDC using the evidence and the input of the ad hoc scientific panel

Evidence synthesis and advice development process

http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/Publications/Systematic-review-tuberculosis-in-prisons-May2017.pdf

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