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Vietnam's leadership has already shown political commitment, introducing harm reduction in the national strategy (2004) and national AIDS law (2006), expanding MMT and approving the Prime Minister's Decision to promote alternative sustainable financing for the national HIV response (2013) [ 41 ].
In this context, the burden (in terms of increased anxiety) to the parent of being asked to consent to their child's enrolment in low risk research may be seen as introducing harm, without adding to the benefits of the research.
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The ideal of abstinence in drug and alcohol treatment and its decentering within the concept of harm reduction, make introducing harm-reduction strategies in the clinical encounter precarious.
Therapeutic procedures, such as specific ventilation strategies or administration of medications, have the potential to benefit the study participant, but may also introduce harm.
ISDS clauses give overseas investors powers to sue the Australian government if legislation is introduced harming their investments.
Last month, the Municipal Drug Strategy Coordinators Network of Ontario (MDSCNO) put out a press release calling on the government to take the opiate epidemic more seriously by introducing new harm reduction initiatives and expanding upon existing programs such as naloxone programs.
Therefore, schools and healthcare professionals aiming to prevent adolescents' self harm should reduce bullying and introduce self harm risk reduction programmes for bullied children with any of the following risk factors: a family history of suicidal behaviour, maltreatment at home, symptoms of depression or psychosis, conduct problems, or borderline personality characteristics.
This would likely be a draw for beneficiaries and would need to be balanced against community assumptions about activity that could introduce additional harm to women and girls.
The Misuse of Drugs Act is up for review in the next few years, and the group would like to see an exemption introduced for harm reduction strategies like drug testing and needle exchanges.
The analysis by Schiefecker and colleagues reveals that the situation may be more complicated than at first glance and careless treatment may introduce further harm.
30 However, our results showed the importance for decision-makers to introduce more harm reduction interventions in prison, especially interventions targeting HCV transmission.
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