The Dublin Declaration on HIV/AIDS in Prisons in Europe and Central Asia

Abstract

HIV/AIDS is a serious problem for prison populations across Europe and Central Asia. In most countries, rates of HIV infection are many times higher among prisoners than among the population outside prisons. This situation is often exacerbated by high rates of hepatitis C and/or (multi‐drug resistant) tuberculosis in many countries. In most cases, high rates of HIV infection are linked to the sharing of injecting equipment both inside and outside prison walls and to unprotected sexual encounters in prison. In a majority of countries, adequate preventive measures have not been introduced in prisons, although they have been successfully introduced in other prison systems and shown to be effective. As a result, people in prison are placed at increased risk of HIV infection, and prisoners living with HIV/AIDS are placed at increased risk of health decline, of co‐infection with hepatitis C and/or tuberculosis, and of early death.

Citation

(2005), "The Dublin Declaration on HIV/AIDS in Prisons in Europe and Central Asia", International Journal of Prisoner Health, Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 91-98. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449200500156988