Why people living and working in detention facilities should be included in national COVID-19 vaccination plans: advocacy brief

World Health Organization - 2021 - apps.who.int
Developed by WHO Health in Prisons Programme (‎ HIPP)‎, United Nations Office on Drugs
and Crime (‎ UNODC)‎ and Penal Reform International (‎ PRI)‎, the advocacy brief calls for the …

COVID-19 vaccine for people who live and work in prisons worldwide: a scoping review

N Ismail, L Tavoschi, B Moazen, A Roselló, E Plugge - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Overcrowding, poor conditions, and high population turnover make prisons highly
susceptible to COVID-19. Vaccination is key to controlling COVID-19, yet there is …

Preparedness, prevention and control of COVID-19 in prisons and other places of detention: interim guidance, 8 February 2021

World Health Organization - 2021 - apps.who.int
The WHO Health in Prisons Programme has updated the interim “Guidance on
Preparedness, prevention and control of COVID-19 in prisons and other places of …

Response measures to COVID-19 in prisons and other detention centers

FA da Costa, M Neufeld, M Hamad, E Carlin… - International Journal of …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to summarize activities being undertaken by the World
Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe to prevent and control COVID-19 in …

[HTML][HTML] Inclusiveness of prisons in COVID-19 vaccination deployment: evidence from Jordan

S Bellizzi, C Aidyralieva, N Muthu, A Al-Sadder… - Vaccine, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
As the availability of COVID-19 vaccines has increased in a number of countries, advocacy
for equitable access to vaccines among people living and working in detention centers has …

Depopulation or vaccination? Tackling the COVID-19 crisis in prisons in Africa

D Katey, K Abass, EK Garsonu, RM Gyasi - Health & justice, 2022 - Springer
Several attempts have been made by the global public health efforts and national
governments to contain the spread and vulnerabilities to COVID-19. Evidence, however …

Implementation of COVID-19 vaccination services in prison in six European countries: translating emergency intervention into routine life-course vaccination

S Mazzilli, N Cocco, D Petri, B Moazen, A Rosello… - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Background Evidence has shown that the risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is much
higher in prisons than in the community. The release of the COVID-19 vaccine and the …

COVID-19 and the Prison Population

C Edge, J Hard, L Wainwright, D Gipson, V Wainwright… - 2021 - openaccess.city.ac.uk
This paper provides an overview of the experience and impact in prisons of the pandemic
during its first year (March 2020 to March 2021). This focus was chosen due to particular …

[PDF][PDF] Amendments to the WHO Interim Guidance on Preventing COVID-19 Outbreak in Prisons: Remarks from Germany

K Keppler, B Moazen, H Stöver - Arch Community Med Public …, 2020 - researchgate.net
Background: Globally, at any given time over 11 million people are held behind bars, while
turnover of prisoners may reach up to 30 million. Evidence leaves no doubt that inmates are …

The impact of COVID-19 vaccination in prisons in England and Wales: a metapopulation model

CV McCarthy, O O'Mara, E van Leeuwen, M Jit… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background High incidence of cases and deaths due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) have been reported in prisons worldwide. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of …