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Volume 5, Issue 1
1 January 2009
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International Journal of Prisoner Health
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Research Article| January 01 2009

Women’s health and prisons: It’s time for urgent action A report from the WHO Health in Prisons Project Annual Conference ‘Prisons and Women’s Health’ 13 November 2008, Kiev, Ukraine Available to Purchase

Max Rutherford
Max Rutherford
WHO Europe Health in Prisons Project
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1744-9219
Print ISSN: 1744-9200
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2009
Int J Prison Health (2009) 5 (1): 45–51.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17449200802692151

The strongest international recognition of the importance of women’s health in prisons and the urgent need for radical change was highlighted of a WHO Conference held recently in Kiev, Ukraine.

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Prison healthcare, WHO, Women prisoners
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