Monitoring harm reduction in European prisons via the Dublin Declaration

Abstract

The Dublin Declaration on Partnership to fight HIV/AIDS in Europe and Central Asia is the key policy document on HIV/AIDS in the European Region as a whole Among the Declaration’s 33 actions for governments are many that apply to prison populations. Based upon an analysis of these commitments, and a review of the current status of states in meeting those targets, it is clear that the scale‐up of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programmes and services in prisons lags far behind what is needed, what is available outside of prisons, and what is mandated within the Declaration itself.

Citation

Lines, R., Stöver, H., Donochoe, M.C. and Lazarus, J.V. (2009), "Monitoring harm reduction in European prisons via the Dublin Declaration", International Journal of Prisoner Health, Vol. 5 No. 4, pp. 251-255. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449200903343365