(1) Under the authority of an Office Head, the Service for Penitentiary Health and Further Training shall be responsible for monitoring:
- protocol against drug addiction;
- protocol against HIV/AIDS and opportunistic infections;
- health care provided to detainees and personnel;
- education programme for health in prisons;
- mother and child care in Prisons;
- implementation of annual public health programme within the Department of Penitentiary Administration;
- cooperation with civil society organizations and international organizations working in the area of health.
(2) It shall comprise:
- the Public Health Office;
- the Office for STD, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria;
- the Office for Mental Disease;
- the Office for Integrated Surveillance of Diseases and Response.
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In force from 18-09-2012
Source page 38
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Section 78 of the DECREE No. 2012/389 OF 18 SEPTEMBER 2012/akn/cm/act/loi/2012-09-18/400-decree-no-2012-389-of-18-september-2012
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