World Vasectomy Day (WVD) is an annual event to raise global awareness of

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as a male-oriented solution to prevent unintended pregnancies. The goal is for doctors all over the world to perform vasectomies, connected to the event via

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History

WVD was founded in 2012 by the American film-maker

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while he was working on a documentary about the decision of having a vasectomy. The underlying goal was to involve men in family planning decisions and educate them about vasectomies as a simple way of taking responsibility for birth control. In 2013, prolific vasectomist Dr Douglas Stein was scheduled to perform vasectomies in front of an audience at the Royal Institution of Australia (RiAus) to launch the inaugural World Vasectomy Day with the world’s first

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vasectomy. Stein answered questions from a live audience in

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and an international online audience. The event's third edition was hosted by Indonesia in 2015; the fourth edition was centered in Kenya and featured a vasectomy broadcast live on Facebook. On 17 November 2017, at its fifth anniversary, more than 1,200 vasectomists in more than 50 countries joined the event, making it the largest male-focused family planning event in history. The 2017 event's headquarter was located in Mexico.

References

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External links

Official World Vasectomy Day website
International observances Sterilization (medicine) Contraception for males Male genital surgery November observances Vasectomy