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| Canadian inmates have higher HIV rates |
| By CTV.ca |
| Published: 07/31/2007 |
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CANADA - Prisoners doing time in the jails, detention centres and youth centres of Quebec and Ontario have startlingly high rates of hepatitis C and HIV, find two new studies that suggest the need for better efforts to prevent inmates from spreading their illnesses. Dr. Liviana Calzavara, public health scientist at the University of Toronto and colleagues looked at the health information of 1,877 adult and young offenders admitted to 13 Ontario remand facilities between Feb. 1, 2003, and June 20, 2004. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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