Many men in Kenya accept vasectomy Many men in Kenya have begun to be interested in vasectomy surgery. This is according to Marie Stopes Ken...

Many men in Kenya accept vasectomy

Many men in Kenya have begun to be interested in vasectomy surgery. This is according to Marie Stopes Kenya.

"We have received many requests from men. However, we cannot reveal the number due to customer confidentiality.

The organization that provides Family Planning and Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) services says that the increase in the desire for information is due to greater understanding that has led to the availability and use of these services.

"In general, Kenyans have become aware of equal gender roles and the need for more communication between couples, hence the need for men to be agents of change by being supportive partners in the sexual and reproductive journey of their partners. We are increasingly seeing men taking the services of SRH" Director Marie Stopes Kenya Inviolata Wanyama said.

39-year-old Daniel (not his real name) underwent a vasectomy on Saturday, October 15, 2022.

"My decision was made after the birth of my third child. We had to find a better way (of family planning). My wife had given birth 3 times through surgery, and I was not ready to risk her life.... I decided why not help her, because sometimes we ask a lot from women." Daniel said.

According to him, more awareness about Vasectomy needs to be done, because even in some of the visits that he and his wife made to look for services in various family clinics, some doctors rejected him with questions like: "is it for you?" Are you married? Why would you want a Vasectomy? It is your wife who should manage contraception."

However, he continued to request the service and says he has not suffered any side effects since he underwent the procedure

Ahead of World Vasectomy Day this year on November 18, Marie Stopes Kenya will be offering free Vasectomy services.

A vasectomy, according to the National Health Service (NHS), is a 'surgical procedure to cut or block the tubes that carry sperm to prevent pregnancy completely.'

However it can be reversed, although success (reversibility) is not always guaranteed.

"If the reversal is done within 10 years of your vasectomy, the success rate is around 55%. This drops to 25% if your reversal is done more than 10 years later.