This article presents the policy methods used by the authors to improve safe accessibility of opioid pain medicines in Vietnam, achieved through working with committed local partners (including the MOH) to review Vietnamese policies governing opioid accessibility, devising an action plan to safely reduce or circumnavigate barriers to access, obtaining buy-in for the plan from all stakeholders including drug regulators and the police, and assisting the MOH to implement the plan.
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