Overview
Adopting a Smoking Cessation Approach to Save Lives.
5th Edition of The Economic Times Consumer Freedom Conclave
Harm reduction covers policies and practices seeking to protect health and reduce social harms of people and communities who use illicit and licit drugs. It recognizes the fact that many individuals dealing with addiction and substance use find it hard to remain abstinent, thus harm reduction provides an option for people to engage with peers, medical and social services, without being judged and discriminated. It primarily focuses on protecting human rights and improving public health.
Some harm reduction strategies include syringe exchange programs, safer injection facilities, and overdose prevention programs. In 2021, Harm Reduction International (a nongovernmental organization) reported that a total of 98 countries have “supportive references to harm reduction in national policy documents.”
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Collaborate with usAt The Economic Times Consumer Freedom Conclave, the deliberations will see top business leaders, academicians and policymakers from around the industry gather to discuss to Reframing Societal Views on Harm reduction: A Medical and Scientific perspective.
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Collaborate with usAt The Economic Times Consumer Freedom Conclave, the deliberations will see top business leaders, academicians and policymakers from around the industry gather to discuss to Reframing Societal Views on Harm reduction: A Medical and Scientific perspective.
AGENDA
September 20, 2022
- Prof. M.V. Rajeev Gowda, Ex-Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
- Supratim Chakraborty, Partner [Corporate/Commercial, Tech/Data Protection], Khaitan & Co
- Upendra N Sharma, Partner, JSA
- Dr. K. Madan Gopal, Senior Consultant (health), NITI Aayog
- Dr. Nimesh G Desai, Senior Consultant Psychiatrist & Former Director, IHBAS
- Dr Kiran Melkote, Orthopedic surgeon, member - Association for Harm Reduction, Education & Research
Moderator: Rini Simon Khanna, Television News Anchor, Media Person, and Voice-over artist
- Charles A. Gardner, PhD, Executive Director, INNCO
- Konstantinos Farsalinos, MD, MPH, Researcher, University of Patras, Greece, School of Public Health, University of West Attica, Greece
- Dr. Fernando Fernandez, Secretary General of the Asia Pacific Dental Federation
- Dr Bharat Gopal, Senior Pulmonologist & Director, National Chest Centre, New Delhi
Moderator: Rini Simon Khanna, Television News Anchor, Media Person, and Voice-over artist