Indeed, this "grey" approach to intervention advocated by the foreign secretary is perhaps precisely the reason why our citizens should stop to think before travelling to countries with poor human rights records.
(It was also at odds with common sense, given that there were Al Qaeda sympathizers among the rebel army members that overthrew Muammar el-Qaddafi with help from the U.S. — an intervention advocated by Rice — and Islamic extremist training camps in the Benghazi area).
Prior to the intervention advocated by Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and led by General Wesley Clark, the Muslims of Kosovo had been subjected to unspeakable brutalities by Serbian butchers attempting Europe's first genocide since the Holocaust.
Antenatal voluntary counselling and HIV testing (VCT), followed by the provision of short-course nevirapine prophylaxis is the key intervention advocated in the prevention of mother-to-child-transmission of HIV (PMTCT)[ 2, 3].
In both interventions, advocates were able to contact the NHS BCSP on behalf of the subjects invited to request replacement kits if these had not been received, had been discarded or had been spoiled.
Both interventions advocated open discussion about the parental illness and were directed at change in family dynamics.
However, many people do not have one LTC but several conditions, either concordant (linked problems, often with similar interventions advocated), discordant (unrelated problems), or both.
Current LBP guidelines advocate continued activity and early return to work [ 2, 4], and the interventions advocated in these guidelines facilitate better patient outcomes and cost effective practice [ 5, 6].
Among the interventions advocated to assist in achieving these targets, most guidelines recommend a reduced intake of salt, as dietary sodium intake is positively correlated with blood pressure levels in the general population (1).
The presence of conflicts of interest is a common source of controversy, with claims that recommendations are designed to fill the pockets of those who would profit from the interventions advocated [ 14].
Johnson et al.'s meta-analysis of HIV risk reduction interventions among adolescents found that educational, psychosocial, or behavioral interventions advocating sexual risk reduction for HIV prevention were significantly more efficacious among intervention participants compared to participants in the control arm [ 8].
