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    The Right to Access Health Care by Detained Persons during COVID-19: A Case study of Selected Police Detention Centers in Addis Ababa.
    (Addis Ababa University, 2022-12-21) Wubshet Tilahun; Wondemagegn Tadesse (PhD)
    The global outbreak of COVID-19 makes detained people and convicts living in enclosed environments at higher risk of vulnerability, mainly their health rights are being highly impacted. The study examines the actual implementation of detained person’s access to healthcare rights during COVID-19 in selected police detention centers in Addis Ababa. The objectives of this study are: to assess the adequacy of healthcare infrastructure compliance with the international minimum requirements on detained persons right to healthcare during the pandemic, to assess the level of hygiene and sanitation in detentions, and to examine the implementation of COVID-19 precautionary measures. To address the objectives, the study utilizes qualitative data collected from primary and secondary sources using interviews and personal observation. Interviews were conducted with various respondents including detained persons, police detention clinics health personnel, and detention staff. The study found a combination of infrastructural deficits; clinical staff, medical provisions, poor conditions of detention; congestion, hygiene, and sanitation. Particularly, the precautionary measures for COVID-19 were not in place, and conducive to the spread of communicable diseases, which is likely to deny detainees full enjoyment of their right to health. The study concludes that the current healthcare infrastructure/ service to detained persons during COVID-19 at selected police detention centers in Addis Ababa is below to the international principles and minimum standards, and had compromised the protection and promotion of detained persons access to healthcare rights