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Democratizing Access to Birth Control

2023/11/7
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Tavia Gilbert:意外怀孕会严重阻碍女性发展,特别是年轻女性,影响她们的教育、职业和未来生活,还会对下一代的教育造成间接影响。因此,让女性更容易获得安全、有效和经济实惠的避孕措施至关重要,这关乎女性的自主权和她们实现自身潜力的机会。 Nap Hosang:他从母亲和同事Malcolm Potts那里获得了启发,意识到预防意外怀孕的重要性。他创立Cadence Health的初衷是降低美国过高的意外怀孕率,让更多的人能够获得安全有效的避孕措施。他认为,所有怀孕都应该被渴望,但有些怀孕是计划外的,这会给女性带来巨大的负担和痛苦。Cadence Health致力于让避孕药非处方化,并通过开发用户友好的应用程序来确保女性安全使用避孕药。他相信,在美国的成功将对全球产生积极影响,降低全球的堕胎率,并降低避孕药的价格。他还强调了医疗保险和价格因素对避孕药获取的影响,并致力于让避孕药在包括‘避孕药荒漠’地区在内的所有地区都能方便获得。他认为,便捷的避孕措施不仅对未婚女性重要,对已婚夫妇计划生育也至关重要,这有助于家庭幸福和社会和谐,是促进人类福祉的重要组成部分。 Nap Hosang:他认为,如果避孕药能够像他母亲建议的那样容易获得,那么许多女性就不会面临意外怀孕的困境,这将减少堕胎,并降低因意外怀孕造成的痛苦。他认为,Cadence Health的工作不仅关乎女性的健康,也关乎家庭的幸福和社会的和谐。他相信,如果Cadence Health在美国的努力取得成功,将会对全球产生积极影响,让更多女性能够自主选择,并拥有掌控自己人生的权利。

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Dr. Nap Hosang discusses the impact of unintended pregnancies on women's lives and how access to birth control can help them realize their potential and contribute to human flourishing.

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Today, we meet Dr. Nap Hosang), a Jamaican-born obstetrician and gynecologist with a long, distinguished career focused on preventing unintended pregnancies in the United States and globally. After decades of service in healthcare, Dr. Hosang has begun a new chapter of his career as the co-founder and CEO of Cadence Health), whose mission is to give people who don't want to become pregnant access to safe, effective, affordable contraceptives, without a prescription, wherever those people are located. Listen in to learn why Dr. Hosang believes Cadence’s success in the US will make a global impact.

 

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