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WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ WELTGESUNDHEITSORGANISATION Date: 11 July 2023 ВСЕМИРНАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ ЗДРАВООХРАНЕНИЯ REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE Ms Elen Ohov BUREAU RÉGIONAL DE L’EUROPE REGIONALBÜRO FÜR EUROPA Adviser ЕВРОПЕЙСКОЕ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОЕ БЮРО European Union Affairs and International Co- Head office: operation UN City, Marmorvej 51, Department DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark Ministry of Social Affairs Tel.: +45 45 33 70 00; Fax: +45 45 33 70 01 Email: [email protected] Suur-Ameerika 1 Website: https://www.who.int/europe 10122 Tallinn Estonia Our reference: WHO/GDO Your reference: Notre référence: -137-2023 Votre référence: Unser Zeichen: Ihr Zeichen: См. наш номер: На Ваш номер: Dear Ms Ohov, Request for nomination of a national focal point for the Health in Prisons European Database (HIPED) survey and nomination of a participant for the course for Prison Health Care Workers on Principles of managing infectious diseases in prison settings The key purpose of WHO Health in Prisons Programme (HIPP) is to support Member States in their efforts to address and improve health and health care in prisons and to facilitate links between prison health and public health systems at all levels, with the aim of improving public health overall. One of the priority areas of HIPP is the Health in Prisons European Database (HIPED) survey. The survey collects vital data on several indicators on the performance of prison health and on the health status of the prison population being a valuable source of information for academics, and to support policy-makers for evidence-based action in this area. The last round of the survey took place in 2021- 2022, with 36 Member States contributing, and resulted in the Status report on prison health in the WHO European Region (2023), and the main indicators available through the Global Health Observatory. The survey includes eight sections, one of them capturing prison statistics and the other seven based on the WHO Prison Health Framework. With this letter, I am pleased to invite you to nominate an expert in the field of prison health in your country who will be responsible for completing the HIPED survey in early 2024. It is expected that the survey focal point is a recognized expert in prison health, who is also encouraged to contact other ministries, sectors or individual experts in the field to obtain relevant information in answering the survey questions. I am also pleased to invite you to nominate a country representative to attend a professional, on- line development course for national counterparts and clinicians Prison’s resilience to infectious diseases, an online course starting on the 25 th of September 2023. The course, taking place during five months, will contain a total of 9 contact hours (1.5 hours per month) and an estimated independent study time of 9 hours. The country representative should ideally be a healthcare worker with direct patient contact who has good communication skills so that he/she can become trainers to provide the same training to others in the country. At the conclusion of the course, participants will receive a certificate of successful participation and completion of course material. This certificate will be issued by United Kingdom Health Security Agency. UN City, Marmorvej 51 Tel.: +45 45 33 70 00 Email: [email protected] DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Fax: +45 45 33 70 01 Website: https://www.who.int/europe Denmark We would appreciate receiving your official nominations as soon as possible and no later than 20 August 2023. Please send the name, functional title, and email address of the two nominated experts so that we can liaise with them directly, both for sending the questionnaire and links in the case of the expert nominated to answer HIPED survey, and to communicate the access codes to the course, in the case of the expert nominated to participate in the course. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or need any further information on the project, using [email protected], copying in [email protected] and [email protected]. Thank you for your invaluable participation and help in making a nomination for this highly important project. Sincerely yours, for Dr Gauden Galea Strategic Advisor to the Regional Director Special Initiative on NCDs and Innovation Copy for information to: Ms Triin Uusberg, Head, European Union Affairs and International Co-operation Department, Ministry of Social Affairs, Suur-Ameerika 1, 10129 Tallinn, Estonia H.E. Ms Katrin Saarsalu-Layachi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Estonia to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva, Chemin du Petit-Saconnex 28A, CH-1209 Genève, Switzerland H.E. Mr William Mart Laanemäe, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Estonia, Frederiksgade 19, 4th floor, 1265 Copenhagen K, Denmark Ms Kristina Köhler, Liaison Officer, WHO Country Office, Estonia, Paldiski Road 81, 10617 Tallinn, Estonia –2 – Saatja: OLEINIK, Olga <[email protected]> Saadetud: 06.09.2023 09:10 Adressaat: <"Elen Ohov"> Koopia: <"Triin Uusberg">; <"SM Info">; Ms K. Saarsalu-Layachi <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; Kaisa.Mitt-Alvarez <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; KÖHLER, Kristina <[email protected]>; AZEVEDO E SILVA, Filipa <[email protected]>; KONOVALOVA, Natalia <[email protected]> Teema: RE: Request for nomination: HIPED 2024 and an online course "Prison’s resilience to infectious diseases” - Estonia Dear Ms Ohov, With reference to the email below, we would appreciate receipt of the response as to the request to nominate two experts: 1. an expert in the field of prison health in your country who will be responsible for completing the HIPED survey in early 2024; and 2. a country representative to attend an online development course for national counterparts and clinicians Prisons resilience to infectious diseases, 25 September 2023. Feedback at your earliest convenience will be much appreciated. Best wishes, WHO Regional Office for Europe From: KONOVALOVA, Natalia &lt;[email protected]&gt; Sent: Monday, July 17, 2023 10:21 AMTo: Ms E. Ohov ([email protected]) &lt;[email protected]&gt;Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; Ms K. Saarsalu-Layachi ([email protected]) &lt;[email protected]&gt;; [email protected]; Kaisa.Mitt-Alvarez &lt;[email protected]&gt;; [email protected]; [email protected]; KÖHLER, Kristina &lt;[email protected]&gt;; AZEVEDO E SILVA, Filipa &lt;[email protected]&gt;; OLEINIK, Olga &lt;[email protected]&gt;Subject: Request for nomination: HIPED 2024 and an online course &quot;Prisons resilience to infectious diseases - Estonia Dear Ms Ohov, On behalf of Dr Gauden Galea, Strategic Adviser to the Regional Director, Special Initiative on NCDs and Innovation at the WHO Regional Office for Europe, we are pleased to share the attached letter. The letter requests a nomination of the two experts: an expert in the field of prison health in your country who will be responsible for completing the HIPED survey in early 2024 and a country representative to attend a professional, online development course for national counterparts and clinicians Prisons resilience to infectious diseases, starting on the 25th of September 2023. We would appreciate receiving the nomination of the two experts by 20 August 2023. Thank you, Best regards, WHO Regional Office for Europe