Surgeon General of the United States Comments on Family Planning Summit in London

Informations

• Publié par: apothecus-pharmaceutical-corp
• Nombre de lectures: 12
• Langue: English

Extrait

Surgeon General of the United States

Comments on Family Planning Summit in

London

PR Newswire

NEW YORK, July 10, 2012

NEW YORK

,

July 10, 2012

/PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Joycelyn Elders, 15th Surgeon

General of

the United States

said, "The London Summit to Revitalize Family

Planning promises to be one of the most important efforts in recent history to

improve the education, health and lives of poor women and girls." She further

commented, "VCF Contraceptive Film, a safe, easy-to-use effective

contraceptive, should be considered as one method of affordable birth control

to offer to women around the world. VCF has been used by women throughout

the United States

for many years with great success for birth control."

According to a new report from Save the Children, pregnancy is currently the

biggest killer of teenage girls worldwide, with one million young women dying or

suffering injury, infection or disease due to pregnancy or childbirth every year.

The report reveals that girls under 15 are five times more likely to die from

pregnancy related causes than women in their 20s, while babies born to

younger mothers are also at far greater risk. Nearly a million babies born to

adolescent mothers die every year.

According to the manufacturer of VCF, Apothecus Pharmaceutical, CEO Dan

Leon, commented, "VCF has distributed hundreds of millions of contraceptive

films with incredible results, sustaining high levels of user loyalty through our

clinics and retail stores." Mr. Leon further commented that, "VCF would be a

welcomed addition to the worldwide contraceptive arsenal to be distributed to

underprivileged women around the world. We would welcome the opportunity

to work with the Gates Foundation or any other foundation that promotes

women's health care issues worldwide."

For decades, non-profit health clinics throughout

the United States

have been

educating women on the advantages of VCF, and have made this non-

prescription birth control method available to their patients. VCF definitely has

its advantages, given that it is hormone free. It provides protection without the

side effects normally associated with prescription birth control methods. VCF is

ideal for women who can't afford medical care and must rely on themselves to

be vigilant about using contraception. Health professionals believe that VCF is

an important and safe method in helping to reduce the unwanted pregnancy

epidemic that exists today.