1. Prison Health Expert Group Progress and Future activities
CSR Meeting Gdansk, Poland

2. PH EG Meetings
February (Vilnius) - Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Canada,WHO,EHRN,Bremen University
Arkhangelsk? Or Krakow – end of May, beginning of June
Oslo - November

3. PH EG activities
Development of Kiev Declaration on Women in Prisons
Project of the Ministry of Justice of Finland in Leningrad Oblast (
Project Proposal from Kaliningrad
LHL, FILHA, EG discussions of possible TB and HIV Prevention Programme for NW Russia
Meeting with WHO HIPP in Copenhagen
HIV/AIDS EG meeting in Canada

4. PH EG activities
“Universal access to HIV prevention and care by 2010: can we achieve it in the Baltic States? Riga, January.
Participation in EU HIV/AIDS Think Tank meetings and in development of EU HIV strategy for
Meetings with Estonian, Belarus and Russian Prison authorities
Forum for Comparative Dialogue. Riga, Latvia (Within the framework of Canada-EU cooperation)

5. Other Planned activities for 2009
Development of project proposals for Belarusian prisons
close collaboration with the WHO Health in Prisons Project (HIPP) in supporting NDPHS Partner Countries to address health and health care in prisons
Discussions on future role of EG ( possible comments for SWR) and Mid-term goals
Contacts with authorities from Portugal Penitentiary system and EMCDDA
Development of side event during the PAC meeting in Oslo

6. Other Planned activities for 2009
The 2-day International Conference ‘Prison Health Protection’, during October focus on blood borne viruses and other communicable diseases
“HIV and AIDS in places of detention”- A toolkit for policymakers, programme managers, prison officers and health care providers in prison settings

7. General Strategy
SCALING UP KNOWELEDGE, SHARING BEST PRACTICES AND “POLICY” TRANSFER between countries .
The network of experts and their respective Institutions facilitating such exchange and intercountry collaboration.
Focusing more sharply on setting standards, policy and strategy dialogue and technical advise.

8. Side event on Prison Health
Good Prison Health – Better Public Health –Safer Society

9. Where: Oslo, Norway with side visit of Oslo Prison
Side event
What: 1,5 day meeting. Protection of prisoners is protection of our communities
Where: Oslo, Norway with side visit of Oslo Prison
When: November, 2009
Who: PH EG, representatives for all EG of NDPHS, MOJ, MOH, EMCDDA, WHO HIPP, UNODC, NGOs

10. Declaration + background paper
Main aims:
To raise awareness among the countries within the NDPHS Region of the current situation regarding the health of and healthcare provided in and out of Prison settings
To call for marked improvements in the current situation
To discuss on transparency of practice and policies – for inmates and the community professionals
Aimed for:
policy makers
politicians
governors/chiefs of prisons - senior staff
staff involved in practice at prisoner level
Next step:
Drafting group and consultation group to be established