Kampala Declaration on Health in Prisons in Africa

the Kampala Declaration on Health in Prisons in Africa was adopted by the participants at the Kampala Workshop on Prison Health, held in Kampala, Uganda, on 12-13 December 1999.

The declaration outlines some of the structural problems and general conditions of detention that negatively impact on prisoners’ health and recommends measures to betaken by governments, non-governmental organisations, donors and inter-governmental organisations to reform and improve prison health in Africa.