Above all else, aid organizations should indeed avoid adding epidemic risk factors to those already existing and respect the fundamental principle of all assistance, which is initially not to harm― primum non nocere.
Therefore, we propose these 10 principles to assist providers of technical assistance to ministries of health in helping governments make progress in health care.
Carl von Clausewitz, in his military treatise On War, even mentioned Sweden's good conditions for this kind of war of attrition: The fourth principle, the Assistance of the Theatre of War, is naturally an advantage on the side of the defensive.
All transcripts were analysed independently by two investigators (DI and MM) using the principles of thematic analysis, with the assistance of the NVivo program [ 30].
In sum, the cosmopolitan account is supported by principles of harm avoidance and active assistance (positive solidarity) toward individuals at the global level over and above national allegiances characteristic of the above three forms of engagement.
China says the "first principle" of its development assistance is "equality and mutual benefit in providing aid".
No matter what kind of assistance is offered to banks, five principles must be adhered to, which have been absent in the implementation of the first round of TARP.
The primer pairs for the methylation specific PCR were either adopted (APC, BRCA1, CDH1, DAPK1, hMLH1, p14 ARF, p15 INK4b, RASSF1A, RB1 and VHL) or designed according to the same principle with assistance of the software packages for the CpG islands identification and the primer design [ Additional file 1].
"The first principle of any humanitarian assistance should be to do no harm to those we seek to help.
It is, therefore, a basic principle of Japan's assistance to Sudan, which is a high-priority country in Africa for Japan's peace building programme.
