Historique
Brochure
Policy brief: Reduction of HIV transmission in prisons
Titre de série :
Evidence for action on HIV/AIDS and injecting drug use
Auteur(s) :
OMS / WHO (Organisation mondiale de la santé / World Health Organization) ;
UNAIDS = ONUSIDA (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS) ;
UNODCCP (United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention / Office des Nations Unies pour le contrôle des drogues et la prévention du crime)
Année
2004
Page(s) :
2 p.
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Éditeur(s) :
Genève : OMS / WHO
Collection :
Evidence for action policy brief, WHO/HIV/2004.05
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAL (Maladies infectieuses / Infectious diseases)
Thésaurus mots-clés
VIH
;
PRISON
;
EFFICACITE
;
REDUCTION DES RISQUES ET DES DOMMAGES
;
PROGRAMME
;
INTERVENTION
;
EVALUATION
Résumé :
The rates of HIV infection among inmates of prisons and other detention centres in many countries are significantly higher than those in the general population. Examples include countries in Western and Eastern Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia. The available data on HIV infection rates in prisons cover inmates who were infected outside the institutions before imprisonment and persons who were infected inside the institutions through the sharing of contaminated injection equipment or through unprotected sex. Certain populations that are highly vulnerable to HIV infection have a heightened probability of incarceration because of their involvement in behaviours such as drug use and sex work.