PRI training on medical ethics for prison service staff in Tajikistan

PRI held a two-day training session on 28-29 May 2010 for medical and non-medical prison service staff in Tajikistan.

 

The training under the title ‘International standards, human rights and healthcare in prison’ was organised within a UNDP programme for the elimination of TB, Malaria and HIV/AIDS in Tajikistan, and was designed and carried out by PRI.

 

The aim was to sensitise non-medical staff to the fact that medical staff need to be able to take medical decisions without interference by staff from other disciplines - decisions based on international standards and norms relating to medical ethics.

 

Participants sat a multiple choice pre-test which asked some basic questions designed to assess knowledge and understanding of human rights, healthcare standards (in particular issues relating to TB transmission and treatment), and the relationship between human rights and healthcare in prison. They sat the same test at the end of the training and scores improved from an average of just under 60% pre-test to about 90% post-test.