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Needle sharing is the practice of intravenous drug-users by which a needle or syringe is shared by multiple individuals to administer intravenous drugs such as heroin, steroids, and hormones. [1] This is a primary vector for blood-borne diseases which can be transmitted through blood (blood-borne pathogens). [ 2 ]
The Catholic Church in Vietnam is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of bishops in Vietnam who are in communion with the Pope in Rome. Vietnam has the fifth largest Catholic population in Asia, after the Philippines , India , China and Indonesia .
Needle exchange programmes have faced opposition on both political and moral grounds. Advocacy groups including the National District Attorneys Association (NDAA), [65] Drug Watch International, [66] The Heritage Foundation, [67] Drug Free Australia, [68] and so forth and religious organizations such as the Catholic Church. [69]
In 1967, there were 150,000 Protestant adherents in South Vietnam, representing about 1% of the total population. [37] Protestant communities in the North decreased in membership to about 1,200 by the end of the Vietnam War. Several Protestant church properties were confiscated during the communist takeover of South Vietnam in 1975.
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However, at the time, the denomination was not allowed by the government of Vietnam. As such, it spread with a network of house churches. The denomination asked the Presbyterian Church (USA) to help train and train pastors, which began in 2002. [2] In 2010, the denomination reported suffering religious persecution by the authorities in Vietnam ...