The World Health Organisation (WHO) International Conference: Mental health and wellbeing in detention centres: prison health is public health is being held in Amsterdam 18-19 April 2024.
There will be livestream plenary sessions from the conference, to allow for as many people as possible to join the event. Follow the stream using the link below, and feel free to share the link with other stakeholders to benefit from this important gathering.
Day I: Thursday, April 18
- 09:00 – 09:30: Official opening
- 09:30 – 09:50: Keynote I | Criminal justice and mental health: international and Dutch perspective by Michiel van der Wolf
- 09:50 – 10:10: Keynote II | Mental health and human rights in detention centres by Elena Kountouri Tapiero
- 10:10 – 10:30: Keynote III | Meaningful engagement of people with lived experience by Piet Broenland
- 10:30 – 11:00: Coffee & tea break
- 11:00 – 12:00: Plenary theme session I: Epidemiology and risk factors of mental health and wellbeing in detention centres (Elena Leclerc, Daniel Lopez Acuna, Filipa Alves da Costa and Liesbeth Vandam)
- 12:00 – 16:45: No livestream
- 16:45 – 17:15: Summary report & closing remarks
Day 2: Friday, April 19
- 09:00 – 10:00: Effective strategies in health promotion and disease prevention for mental health and substance abuse in detention centres (Thomas Martinelli, Anja Busse, Éamonn O’Moore and Maha Aon)
- 10:00 – 10:30: Coffee & tea break
- 10:30 – 11:30: Effective treatment and rehabilitation strategies in mental health and substance abuse in detention centres (Heino Stöver, Ledia Lazeri, Kate Davies and Joost Walraven)
- 12:00 – 15:25: No livestream
- 15:25 – 16:00: Summary report, poster award & closing remarks