The United Nations (UN) has observed that HIV and AIDS is a serious health threat for prison populations in many countries, Zambia inclusive.
Resident Coordinator Macleod Nyirongo says there is, therefore, urgent need for HIV and AIDS interventions in prisons.
Mr. Nyirongo said prisoners are part and parcel of the broader community that need to be linked in different activities for coordinated action.
He was speaking in Lusaka today during the official opening of a two-day seminar for policy and decision makers on HIV and AIDS prevention in prisons, under the theme “Good Prison Health is Good Public Health”.
And Deputy Commissioner of Prisons Diane Nalupya said the workshop would compel members of the command to be proactively engaged in policy formulation and monitoring stages of health care programmes in prisons.
Ms. Nalupya observed that the delivery of health services to prisoners is influenced by the actions taken at different decision making levels.
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Prisoners should be provided with free condoms, ARVs, family planning services, where applicable.
It’s a hard knock life for a prisoner. Give thanks everytime you can walk the streets in freedom.
I agree with you #2. I pity Kapoko after driving nice cars, having big houses 7 girlfriends and a lodge then he is stuck in that little cell with inda. Thou shall not steal.
Its no joke to be there its pathetic.
Perhaps the most important point to make is that AIDS did not happen by accident any more than it did by nature. Nor is it the result of an insane plot by some deranged scientist or even a small team of deranged scientists. AIDS was the result of a decades-long research program carried out in Chemical and Bacteriological Warfare labs in the USA and others. For those
involved, it is a triumph of science and the answer to what they regard as the planet’s most pressing problem: population control.