BACKGROUND
Initiated in 1995 with the main objective of promoting HIV/AIDS
prevention in Zambian prisons using inmates and officers as key
players in the intervention. There are currently 13,000 inmates
and 2,000 officers in the country's prisons.
ISSUES
Risk behaviours and associated factors for HIV transmission in Zambian
prisons:
Unprotected sex between
men
Sharing of shaving
appliances (razor blades etc).
Tattooing
Intravenous drug use
(IVDU)
Lack of HIV/AIDS educational activities
"All
prisoners have the right to receive health care, including preventive
measures, equivalent to that available in the community without
discrimination, in particular with respect to their legal status
or nationality"
- WHO 1993
