Health through Walls (HtW) in partnership with the Mozambiquan Prison Service has introduced two technological initiatives into the correctional system in 2023. These technologies include the use of handheld devices enabled with the "Health Matters Application" for real time wireless data capture and analysis, and the introduction of Artificial Intelligence for the detection and treatment of lung health conditions (e.g. TB).
HtW and SERNAP have introduced the new technologies, trained staff, and assessed more than 6,000 detainees.
This resulted in health system strengthening in a low resource environment is occurring due to the use of the new technologies.
In conculsion, the use of new technologies in healthcare settings in places of detention enables staff to better meet the needs of the men, women, and children in their care. The relatively cheap cost of deployment has significant public health benefits for staff, detainees, and the broader community.
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Terry Hackett
Senior Associate/Co-founder and Principal, International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy (ICCLR)/ Praesora Consulting
Terry Hackett assumed the post of Head of the Persons Deprived of Liberty Unit for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Geneva in February 2022. Terry joined the ICRC in 2018 as a Prison System Adviser following a 22-year career with the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) where he began his career as a Correctional Officer and retired as the as the Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Correctional Operations (Pacific). During his tenure with CSC, Terry held various positions including Director of Operations (Pacific) and Director of several federal institutions. Terry has been called on to present on penitentiary issues in seminars and conferences around the world. He has worked with various detaining authorities in East Africa, Afghanistan and throughout South East Asia to support efforts to ensure the treatment of detainees and conditions of detention are improved in line with international standards.
Terry holds a Master of Arts in Human Security and Peacebuilding from Royal Roads University (RRU) with a focus on rule of law and post-conflict correctional reform, Master of Advanced Studies in International Law in Armed Conflict from the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Trinity Western University. Terry has published work in both the South African Journal of Criminology (2015) and the ICPA Journal Advancing Corrections (2017). Prior to joining the ICRC he was the lead consultant for the development of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Nelson Mandala Rules eLearning course.
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Ivan Calder
Managing Director, Virtu Medical, United States
Ivan Calder is the Chief Executive Officer for Health through Walls and the Chair of the ICPA Health Care Network Group. He has a nursing degree, master’s in addiction psychiatry, master’s in business administration, and amongst other roles, has served as a Corrections Officer for the United Nations, Program Director, Prison Governor, and Assistant Commissioner for justice administration in Australia, and Head of Healthcare for the National Health Services across 20 prison locations in the United Kingdom. Ivan has direct experience in healthcare and management within prison environments and multi-jurisdictional correctional administration capabilities. Central themes running through his career include a commitment to public service, the pursuit of continuous improvement, and a love of working in partnership with stakeholders to achieve the best outcomes for vulnerable populations.
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Dr Cremilde Anli
National Director of Healthcare Services , Mozambique Prison Service (SERNAP), Mozambique
Cremilde Alice da Silva Moambe Anli is a general practitioner, National Director of the Health Care Service at the National Penitentiary Service of Mozambique, born on April 8, 1972 in the city of Lourenço Marques (Maputo City). She graduated in medicine from the Eduardo Mondlane University, in Mozambique, in 2000 and holds a master’s degree in health systems from the Sérgio Arouca National School of Public Health – Fiocruz, Brazil.
She is responsible for designing policies and strategies for the sector. Manages medical-stomatology and hygienic-epidemiological assistance to all Penitentiary Facilities in the country contributing to keep both inmates and officers in good health; Establishes the necessary coordination and cooperation throughout the national territory with the National Health Service to ensure medical attention to penitentiary facilities; Creates plans and monitor their implementation and the health conditions of the prison population; She is the coordinator/responsible for the implementation of the Key Population projects at SERNAP, such as: 100% Vida by Pathfinder, VIVA+ by FDC (Foundation for Community Development – 2021 to the present), in Mozambican penitentiaries, with the support of cooperation partners from the health area.
