The 17 prison medical staff strengthened their knowledge and practical skills on prevention of infections conditioned by medical interventions in penitentiary medical facilities.

The training programme is based on a manual earlier developed by the project including inter alia the right to health care, medical confidentiality, monitoring and control of penitentiary health care services in Armenia in line with the Council of Europe and other international standards.

Two-day training took part in in-person on 20-21 October 2021. Overall, four sessions are planned to involve all medical staff of the penitentiary system

The training programme was developed under the framework of the project “Enhancing health care and human rights protection in prisons in Armenia” implemented by the Council of Europe and funded through the Action Plan for Armenia 2019 -2022.