High prevalence of HIV infection and the over-representation of injecting drug users (IDUs)
in prisons combined with HIV risk behaviour create a crucial public-health issue for …

Background: The prevalence of infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is higher among prison
inmates compared with the general population because of the high proportion of injecting …

Background Prisons are known to be high-risk environments for the spread of bloodborne
and sexually transmitted infections. Prison officers are considered to have an intermittent …

O estudo do perfil sociodemográfico, história penal, uso de drogas e doenças sexualmente
transmissíveis da população carcerária do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, em 1998, permitiu …

Although the high prevalence of blood-borne viral infections and syphilis in correctional
facilities has been well documented globally, such data are sparse from Africa, and there …

Substance use disorders are among the most common health problems of people involved
with the criminal justice system. Scaling up addiction services in prisons is a global public …

Background: Several infectious diseases have been found to be associated with tattooing,
including some transfusion transmitted diseases (TTDs). Information on tattooing has been …

OBJECTIVE: It is an accepted fact that confinement conditions increase the risk of some
infections related to sexual and/or injecting drugs practices. Mathematical techniques were …

This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of syphilis and HIV infection during pregnancy,
the mother to child transmission of syphilis and the incidence of congenital syphilis in …

Introduction Brazil has one of the largest prison populations globally, with over 682,000
imprisoned people. Prison health is a public health emergency as it presents increasingly …