Sentences with phrase «traditional harm reduction»

Matthew Hickman, Professor in Public Health and Epidemiology at the University of Bristol's School of Social and Community Medicine and lead author of the study, said: «Scaling up HCV treatment is critical to the prevention of HCV in the population to support and enhance traditional harm reduction measures — opiate substitution treatment and needle exchange.

It is also important that the scale up of HCV treatment occurs in combination with traditional harm reduction measures — opiate substitution treatment and needle exchange which have previously also been shown to be highly cost effective.»

Not exact matches

From CNBC: «As a harm - reduction tool, e-cigarettes should be available, even promoted, to current smokers as an alternative to traditional cigarettes,» said Carrie Wade in an opinion piece published...

Harm Reduction Therapy is a form of treating substance misuse that expands the traditional «disease concept» model to one that allows for an individualized approach based on the needs of each patient.