{"id":6529,"date":"2015-04-21T13:51:56","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T13:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psi2030.wpengine.com\/?p=6529"},"modified":"2018-05-22T22:22:48","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T22:22:48","slug":"scottsdale-exec-launches-effort-to-support-reproductive-health","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/news\/scottsdale-exec-launches-effort-to-support-reproductive-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottsdale exec launches effort to support reproductive health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After his teenage daughters visited Africa and Asia, the head of a venture capital firm decided to start offering affordable birth control in the U.S. and putting the proceeds toward reproductive health in the Third World.<\/p>\n<p>In partnership with pharmaceutical provider <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afaxys.com\/about\/\">Afaxys<\/a> et\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/about\/at-a-glance\/\">Population Services International<\/a>, which runs health programs in dozens of countries, Scottsdale-based Phoenix Capital Management launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prjktruby.com\/\">PRJKT RUBY<\/a>, a website that allows women in the United States to purchase birth control for $20 per month, in February.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Ax, the firm\u2019s founder and managing partner, said the project stemmed from a discussion about gender roles in Third World countries that followed his daughters\u2019 trip.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cronkitenewsonline.com\/2015\/04\/scottsdale-exec-launches-effort-to-support-reproductive-health-in-third-world\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full article on Cronkite News.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","related_practice_areas":[],"related_countries":[],"related_projects":[],"news_category":[],"class_list":["post-6529","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/6529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"related_practice_areas","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related_practice_areas?post=6529"},{"taxonomy":"related_countries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related_countries?post=6529"},{"taxonomy":"related_projects","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related_projects?post=6529"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=6529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}