For many years, Vasile Ganza and Positive Initiative have been working in prisons in Moldova. From harm reduction programs to rehabilitation centers and digital health solutions, change is happening even behind prison walls.
Among the key changes:
- 24/7 access to sterile syringes, condoms, and medical necessities.
- Creation of a therapeutic community to rehabilitate inmates.
- Installing info terminals in 7 prisons by 2025 that will allow inmates to manage medical and legal information.
- Expanding access to HIV treatment, opioid substitution therapy and medical services.
“Restricting freedom should not mean restricting the right to health!” – emphasize the organizers of the initiative, urging the public to support the campaign Limitation of freedom ≠ limitation of the right to health. Support #HealthForAll.
See how the health care system in Moldovan prisons is changing:
Recall that on December 10, International Human Rights Day, the Eurasian Movement for the Right to Health in Prisons announced the launch of an information campaign to draw attention to the problems of access to health care in prisons in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) region. The Eurasian Movement for the Right to Health in Prisons emphasizes that health is a universal right, independent of social status or location. Restriction of liberty should not entail restriction of the right to health.