On March 17, Yanina Stemkovskaya, UnMode representative in Ukraine, will perform at the #CND66 (Commission on Narcotic Drugs, CND) side event to discuss harm reduction in Eastern European prisons. The meeting will take place in Vienna, Austria.
How do we create the conditions for patient-centred care rather than a care system driven by punitive and security rationales? The side event aims to bring into dialogue health practitioners, international organisations, and civil society actors engaged in the defence of the fundamental rights of prisoners who use drugs.
Experts will discuss the challenges government agencies face in implementing harm reduction programs in prison settings and address structural issues in prison systems that impede the implementation of the principles of equivalence and continuity of care, in particular the lack of independence of prison doctors.
The event is co-organised by Promo-LEX and the Prison Health & Rights Consortium composed of EPLN, Harm Reduction International, UnMode – Community Movement for Access to Justice & Health without Barriers – the European Federation for Prison Health.