On October 7, 2021, in Dnipro a training to develop multidisciplinary skills in providing health care to prisoners for employees of institutions belonging to the South-Eastern Interregional Department for the Execution of Criminal Judgements of the Ministry of Justice. The development of the programme and training was supported by the Joint Project “European Union and Council of Europe working together to support the Prison Reform in Ukraine” (SPERU).

Firstly, the program aims to raise the awareness of the State Criminal-Executive Service of Ukraine staff about the application of multidisciplinary skills to ensure the health of prisoners. Secondly, the goal is to provide knowledge and skills that will enable them to learn how to recognize and prevent the health problems of prisoners.

The training programme consists of four thematic modules: 1) drugs, alcohol, and addiction; 2) HIV / AIDS, STIs; 3) mental health; 4) suicides and their prevention.

The EU and Council of Europe Joint Project “Support to Prison Reform in Ukraine – SPERU” is designed to promote human rights compliant management of prisons, including better alignment of prison healthcare provisions with European standards.