Contraceptive security is a situation in which people are able to reliably choose, obtain, and use quality contraceptives for family planning and sexually transmitted disease (including HIV and AIDS) prevention when they want them.
Organizations, usually government health agencies, work to ensure clients have long-term access to a range of high quality contraceptives and other essential health supplies. Measures taken to provide contraceptive security may include improving contraceptive distribution and availability, promoting product quality, and supporting commodities distribution across. Subsidized products, particularly condoms and oral contraceptives, may be provided to increase accessibility for low-income people. One problem encountered with this subsidization is that individuals who are able to pay regular retail price may chose to buy the discounted items, creating competition with private sector contraceptive distributors.
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