Situation during visit (See: E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3) Steps taken in previous years (See: A/HRC/4/33/Add.2 and A/HRC/7/3/Add.2) Information received on steps taken since December 2007/current situation • • Transition to the insurance system has entailed an increase in service standards and trusts in the quality of the treatment The Medical Monitoring Unit of the General Inspection supervises the activities of the medical services of penitentiary establishments, as well as the conditions of detention. Accordingly, the following activities have been carried out by the Medical Monitoring Unit in 2008: • Implementation of the programmes “Fight against Tuberculosis” and “Fight against HIV/AIDS and other Infectious Diseases” in the penitentiary system • Participation in sessions of the “Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Malaria” Coordinating Council. • Participation of the implementation of the “Metadon Program” (for drugaddicts) at the Penitentiary Institution No. 8 • Participation in the work of Special Medical Commission, which reviewed the possibilities of early release of 18 prisoners infected with serious and incurable diseases Various employment and educational programmes have been gradually introduced (computer learning courses, A/HRC/10/44/Add.5 page 36 Recommendations (E/CN.4/2006/6/Add.3)