Concurrent 3C: Inside & Out: Nurse-Led Healthcare in Prisons and Post-Release
Tracks
Track 3
| Thursday, October 16, 2025 |
| 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM |
| Hall C |
Details
This session examines innovative nurse-led models of care within prisons and beyond, focusing on best practices in TB/BBV management, harm reduction, and peer-led support. Drawing on insights from multiple countries, we will examine strategies to enhance continuity of care, minimize loss to follow-up, and foster stronger collaboration between health and justice systems to improve long-term health outcomes for individuals transitioning back into the community.
Speaker
Mrs. Phumzile Cynthia Mngomezulu
District Manager
TB HIV Care Organisation
Welcome and Introductions
11:15 AM - 11:20 AMBiography
My name is Phumzile Cynthia Mngomezulu, and I am District Manager at TB HIV care organisation, under People Who inject Drugs (PWID) Programme and a qualified profesional nurse. I have 10 years of successful experience in public and HIV management and working with different populations. I obtained my Masters in Public Health and Post graduate Diploma in Public health at the University of Western Cape and currently enrolled for PhD with the same University. In my leadership roles, I have overseen programmes that led to an exceptional improvement of programme implementations and continue to find ways to contribute to the health and wellbeing of the underserved populations
Mr. Dylan Moore
Director
Viral ElimiNation (VEN) Centers
Welcome and Introductions
11:15 AM - 11:20 AMBiography
Ms Tamara Barnett
Hepatitis C Nurse Coordinator
Cool Aid Community Health Centre
Case study from Canada
11:20 AM - 11:30 AMBiography
Hepatitis C Program Coordinator of Cool Aid Community Health Centre's Nurse-led Program, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. York University Masters of Science in Nursing, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Mss Elena Yela
Prison Nurse
Institut Català De La Salut
Case study from Spain
11:30 AM - 11:40 AMBiography
Family Nurse Practitioner., I have been working in the prisons environment for 15 years, currently in the largest preventive penitentiary center in Catalonia. Since 2017 I am part of the HCV and infectious program and liaison nurse, that primarily coordinates with the public health network.
Mrs Thembisa Mchunu
Regional Coordinator Correctional Services Project Kzn Region
Tb Hiv Care
Case study from South Africa
11:40 AM - 11:50 AMBiography
Ms Bridget Reid
Hepatology Clinical Nurse Consultant
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
Case study from Australia
11:50 AM - 12:00 PMBiography
INHSU 2025
Q&A & wrap-up
12:00 PM - 12:15 PMBiography
Chairperson
Phumzile Cynthia Mngomezulu
District Manager
TB HIV Care Organisation
Dylan Moore
Director
Viral ElimiNation (VEN) Centers