Partners & Advocates

Women's Health Empowerment Network is a program of the Association for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Support. WHEN is an effort to bridge nonprofit patient advocacy, academia, research, industry, and policy to advance women's pelvic health directives.

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THE WHEN COALITION
Launched in 2014, the WHEN (Women’s Health Empowerment Network) Coalition is APOPS’ vision to eradicate stigma in women’s below-the-waist health, and to unify patient advocacy, healthcare, academia, research, industry, and policy to stimulate female health awareness and drive impactful outcomes.

The Association for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Support (APOPS) is committed to dismantling silos in healthcare to explore and expand meaningful, real-world solutions to insufficient women’s pelvic and intimate health awareness and vagina stigma. Tackling shortfalls in the female below-the-waist health space is not optional, it is essential. Women experiencing closeted prolapse, urinary, defecatory, digestive, reproductive, vaginal, or vulval conditions are hungry for hope as well as practical and effective solutions to resolve frustrating, stigmatizing symptom and treatment navigation.

Who Are APOPS Partners and Advocates?

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Healthcare & Industry

Nonsurgical and surgical treatments.
Medical device development.

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Academic & Research

Practitioner education.
Scientific exploration to advance medical knowledge.

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Advocacy & Policy

Patient education and nurturing support.
Plans and actions to achieve societal healthcare goals.

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Contemporary OB/GYN-Ultrasound Health Education is a global practitioner group that specializes in ultrasound screening for women’s pelvic health conditions.

At Elevanse, we aim to transform the way Pelvic Organ Prolapse is managed by offering women a simple, non-surgical solution that restores comfort, confidence, and quality of life.

Partner Policy
APOPS accepts funding from industry partners with a strong commitment to supporting women’s vaginal, intimate, and pelvic health toward development of programing in APOPS pelvic organ prolapse and related advocacy, education, patient care services, research, and fundraising events. We also apply for funding through grant requests. APOPS is dedicated to upholding the highest standards of compliance and transparency regarding funding from pharmaceutical, medical device, biotechnology, and other industries.

In order to remain unbiased in our efforts to address the needs of women experiencing pelvic organ prolapse, APOPS is deeply committed to maintain independent content decision making and arrangements regarding our Partnerships. APOPS will only accept industry funding that is free of influence as to the content, format, or delivery of our initiatives.