Webinar: COVID-19 Threats to Detention Center/Prison Populations
With Dr. Scott Allen, Eunice Cho, and Gerald Staberock
In the sixth installment of PHR’s webinar series, PHR Senior Medical Advisor Dr. Ranit Mishori moderated a discussion on COVID-19 and detention center/prison populations featuring Dr. Scott Allen, Eunice Cho, and Gerald Staberock. They discussed the U.S. and international response to the danger of contagion in these densely populated environments, questions concerning access to care for inmates and staff, and how judgments being made today will shape the landscape of legal precedent going forward.
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Webinar: Health and Rights-driven Responses to COVID-19
With Dr. Michele Heisler and Laurie Garrett.
On March 19, 2020, PHR medical director Dr. Michele Heisler held a Q&A with science writer and founder of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Global Health Program Laurie Garrett. The discussion addresses how governments and health professionals can fight the coronavirus while preserving human rights.
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Clinical Care for Sexual Assault Survivors: A Multimedia Training Tool – Facilitator’s Guide
The goal of this multimedia educational program is to improve clinical care for and general treatment
of sexual assault survivors by providing medical instruction and encouraging competent, compassionate,
confidential care.
The program is intended for both clinical care providers and non-clinician health facility staff. It is
designed to be delivered in a group setting with facilitators guiding participants through the material and
directing discussions and group participation as appropriate. It is divided into five sections:
1. What Every Clinic Worker Needs to Know
2. Responsibilities of Non-Medical Staff
3. Direct Patient Care
4. Preparing Your Clinic
5. Forensic Examination
https://cdn.iawg.rygn.io/documents/CCSAS_facil-guide_eng.pdf?mtime=20201111002340&focal=none
Insecurity Insight
Insecurity Insight is an organisation that examines threats facing people living and working in dangerous environments. Through innovative data collection and analysis methods generate insights relevant for aid workers, aid agencies and those concerned with the protection of health workers, educators, IDPs and refugees. This year they have launched a reporting mechanisms to help survivors of sexual violence and abuse at the aid workplace to document the problem and to highlight where change is needed.
http://insecurityinsight.org/projects/sexual-violence-and-abuse