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Panel: rights of people in prison to HIV prevention, treatment and care
Abstract:
This article contains summaries of the five presentations made during this panel. Ralf Jürgens provides an overview of the issue of needle exchange programs in prisons, and reviews the international experience with such programs. Sandra Ka Hon Chu advances the legal and human rights arguments for establishing needle exchanges in Canadian prisons. Giselle Dias describes the inter-sectoral strategy for HIV/AIDS is prisons being developed by the Prisoners HIV/AIDS Support Action Network (PASAN). Finally, two former prisons turned activists, James Motherall and Greg Simmons, provide their personal perspectives on prevention and treatment behind bars.
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