BACKGROUND Sterilization is most widely used fertility regulation method in Nepal. However, prevalence of uptake of female sterilization in central hilly region is less than the national average. The objective of the study was to explore the number and factors related to intention of married women to undergo female sterilization in rural Kathmandu which lies within central hilly region. MATER...

Nepal’s national family planning program. It has often been the only way in which sterilization services could be provided to couples who wanted to stop childbearing but who could not afford to travel to static facilities. Male sterilization services were offered in camps as early as 1970, followed by female sterilization services a few years later. Laparoscopy was the first technique introduce...

INTRODUCTION Female sterilization has long been the most popular method of family planning (FP) in Pakistan, and yet most public health experts feel it contributes little to controlling family size or to population welfare. We used Pakistan Demographic Health Survey (PDHS) data to understand the role female sterilization plays in the overall context of FP in Pakistan. METHODS We performed a s...

The present study tries to explore post-sterilization regret in an underdeveloped region in the state of West Bengal, India. Although the state of West Bengal has witnessed fertility transition during the recent past and the adoption of female sterilization has increased substantially, the level of infant and child mortality remained at a high level, particularly among the marginalized. Data of...

This paper examined the influence of religion on the adoption of female sterilization, using data from the 1992/93 Indian National Family Health Survey. The influence of religion at both individual and district levels was examined, and a multi-level modelling methodology was used for assessing community variations in the influence of religion on the adoption of sterilization. Individual religio...

Vasectomy is a simple technique that can readily be applied to large populations using an outpatient approach. Although it is a surgical procedure, male sterilization does not require entering the abdominal cavity and the incision and surgical manipulation are not associated with a high degree of risk. Because the procedure and the anatomy of the vas are relatively straightforward, paramedical ...

Socioeconomically disadvantaged women and of color are more likely than other both to undergo contraceptive sterilization desire reversal. Although younger age at is associated with greater likelihood regre

Views: Commentary 1409 E sterilization of female dogs and cats is one of the most common procedures performed in veterinary practice and is considered by private veterinary practitioners as one of the most important skills required of new graduates. Potential benefits of sterilization include population control, prevention of diseases of the reproductive tract, and elimination of undesirable be...

Attempts to utilize pharmacologically active agents to close the fallopian tubes date back at least to 1849 when Froriep reported passing a cannula transcervically to the uterine tubal ostia and cauterizing the tubal lumen with a nitric acid-coated probe.14 Salgado reported in 194 1 that Brazilian midwives lavaged the uterine cavity with a mixture of tincture of iodine and carbolic acid as a co...

Quinacrine hydrochloride is a drug that was developed in the late 1920s to prevent and treat malaria. In recent years it has achieved notoriety as a female sterilization agent. As a result of a worldwide sterilization crusade, launched by American MD Elton Kessel and public health doctor Stephen Mumford, approximately 104,410 women in nineteen countries have already been subjected to quinacrine...