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Kenya: Vasectomies Slowly Gaining Acceptance
VOA, 28 May 2018
In Kenya and many parts of the world, family planning is mostly considered a woman’s responsibility. Procedures that affect men, like vasectomies, are often shunned and… Read more »
Are Kenyan Men Warming Up to Vasectomies?
In April, a group of doctors performed about 70 free vasectomies in Nairobi, a number that seemed like a low turnout, but that figure indicated progress, according to one of the doctors, Charles Ochieng. A vasectomy involves closing the tubes that carry sperm from the man's testicles, meaning there is no sperm to fertilise the woman's egg during sex.
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