Live Breaking News & Updates on Contraception Clinical Guidelines

Stay updated with breaking news from Contraception clinical guidelines. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

In the spotlight: SA's low vasectomy numbers

According to Unwanted
Fertility in South Africa , a recently published report from Statistics
South Africa, “about 20% of all births in the five years preceding the 2016
Demographic and Health Survey (including pregnancies at the time),
happened when women were not planning on having any more children”.
The report,
based on demographic health data from 1998 and 2016, shows an increase in the
percentage of unwanted births from 17.3% in 1998 to 20.4% in 2016.
Various forms of temporary contraception
are already available in the public sector in South Africa – including condoms
and birth control pills, intra-uterine devices and contraceptive implants for
women - although availability of these various options varies between ....

South Africa , Cape Town , Western Cape , Northern Cape , Popo Maja , Takuwani Riime , Sipho Barnes , Abdul Sungay , Metro Men Health Centre , Stellenbosch University Urology Department , Men Health Centre , Reproductive Health , National Sexual , National Clinical Guidelines For Contraception , National Department Of Health , Department Of Health , Un Population Division , National Contraception Clinical Guidelines , Unwanted Fertility , Statistics South Africa , Health Survey , National Department , Sterilisation Act , Rights Policy , Contraception Clinical Guidelines , National Clinical Guidelines ,

A snip in time: Exploring what's behind SA's low va...

According to
Unwanted Fertility in South Africa, a recently published report from Statistics South Africa, “about 20% of all births in the five years preceding the 2016 Demographic and Health Survey (including pregnancies at the time), happened when women were not planning on having any more children”. The report shows an increase in unwanted births from 17.3% in 1998 to 20.4% in 2016.
The public sector offers various forms of temporary contraception – including condoms and birth control pills, intrauterine devices and contraceptive implants for women – although availability varies between healthcare facilities. There are no registered contraceptive pills or implants for men, but research is ongoing.
There are more permanent options such as female and male sterilisation – the latter in the form of vasectomy. According to a ....

South Africa , Cape Town , Western Cape , Northern Cape , Siyabonga Kamnqa , Popo Maja , Takuwani Riime , Sipho Barnes , Abdul Sungay , Metro Men Health Centre , National Integrated Sexual , Stellenbosch University Urology Department , Reproductive Health , Un Population Division , Department Of Health , Health Department , National Contraception Clinical Guidelines , Unwanted Fertility , Statistics South Africa , Health Survey , Sterilisation Act , Integrated Sexual , Rights Policy , Contraception Clinical Guidelines , Metro Men , Health Centre ,