| Author: Adrienne Kols and Robert Lande |
| InfoShare Partner: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs (CCP) |
| Publication Date: June 2008 |
| Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper |
| Topics: Family planning, Gender, Reproductive health, general, Service delivery |
| Region: Global |
| Language: English |
| Additional information: Also see the companion INFO Report: Vasectomy: Tools for Providers (http://www.infoforhealth.org/pr/d6/d6.pdf) |
| Number of Pages: 24 |
| File Size: 1.36 MB |
| File Format: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) To read PDF files, you must have Acrobat Reader installed. Visit Adobe's web site to get a free copy of Acrobat Reader. [download here]
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This 24-page Population Reports issue states that vasectomy is simpler and more cost effective than female sterilization and offers men a way to share responsibility for family planning.
Although vasectomy is highly effective, convenient, and poses little risk of medical complications, vasectomy use remains low throughout the developing world.
Worldwide fewer than 3% of women ages 15 to 49 who are married or in union rely on a partner's vasectomy for contraception. Many men are not aware of vasectomy as a family planning option or fear that vasectomy will make them impotent.
Family planning progam managers can use the report to:
-Address the barriers that discourage men from choosing vasectomy.
-Compare and assess different approaches to offering vasectomy services.
-Plan how to intorduce and scale up safe and effective vasectomy services.
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