ArticlePublic health in practice (Oxford, England)2021
Prison health during the COVID-19 era in Africa.
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- Understanding Deaths in Custodial Environments: A Systematic Review of Global Trends and Risk Factors.Cureus · 2026Review
- Routine active case finding in Nigerian penitentiary institutions: comparing yields from digital X-ray with CAD4TB and WHO 4-symptom screening.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Prison health services across ten central prisons in Cameroon.Journal of public health in Africa · 2023Article
- Incarceration, menstruation and COVID-19: a viewpoint of the exacerbated inequalities and health disparities in South African correctional facilities.International journal of prisoner health · 2023Article
- Monkeypox outbreak: The need to include prisons in public health response.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
- Neglecting antibiotic stewardship in prisons: A concern for antimicrobial resistance response.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Article
- Children in detention amidst COVID-19 in Africa: A wound untreated.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2022Review
- Implementation of novel and conventional outbreak control measures in managing COVID-19 outbreaks in a large UK prison.BMC public health · 2022Article
- The Risk of COVID-19 Infection in Prisons and Prevention Strategies: A Systematic Review and a New Strategic Protocol of Prevention.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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- Can Viewing Nature Through Windows Improve Isolated Living? A Pathway Analysis on Chinese Male Prisoners During the COVID-19 Epidemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
The world is facing a dreadful outbreak of a novel disease, COVID-19, that has claimed the lives of thousands. African countries have recorded the least number of COVID-19 cases despite their weak healthcare systems. However, African prisons could be an hotspot for the spread of the virus. In this article, we focused on describing certain possibilities of an uncontrollable outbreak of this pandemic in African prisons considering the overcrowding, poor access to healthcare among inmates, and already existing abuse of human rights. We hypothesized that negligence to prison health in Africa during this pandemic could lead to devastating events. It is therefore important that inmates are not forgotten in COVID-19 responses.
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