Public Health England (PHE), the Europan Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Abuse (EMCDDA) and the Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization (WHO) organised an International Meeting on Prisons and Health in Lisbon 11-12 December 2017. It was the first time that such a big international meeting took place on this subject with more than 150 participants from all over the world.
In her opening remarks the representative of the European Commission, Ms Marianna Zwodziak-Carbonne referred to the EPPIC (Exchanging prevention practices on polydrug use among youth in criminal justice systems) project – in which the European Centre is one of the partners – as an example of the growing interest of the Commission in the subject of prison health.
The European Centre’s honorary consultant Cornelius Goos had been invited to the conference as a keynote speaker. He spoke about the development of prison health as an issue of importance in public health and social welfare and referred to the EPPIC project as a promising example of how international social research can contribute to promoting social welfare and public health.
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