Vasectomy Advocacy Package: Safe, Cost-Effective, and Underutilized
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Sterilization: The world’s most widely used method Sterilization is the world’s most widely used contraceptive method, in developing and developed countries alike. It accounts for nearly half of all contraceptive use. Today, one out of four couples worldwide use sterilization as their family planning method. However, the number of female sterilization users exceeds the number of vasectomy users by five to one. Worldwide an estimated 43 million couples rely on vasectomy; by comparison, nearly 210 million couples rely on female sterilization.
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