{"id":83053,"date":"2025-08-13T18:28:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=83053"},"modified":"2025-08-13T18:28:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T13:28:49","slug":"sindh-govt-launches-vasectomy-campaign-to-control-population","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/sindh-govt-launches-vasectomy-campaign-to-control-population\/","title":{"rendered":"Sindh govt launches Vasectomy campaign to control population"},"content":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: The Sindh government has introduced <\/span>an intensified <\/span>drive<\/span> to <\/span>meet<\/span> the province<\/span>‘<\/span>s <\/span>fast-growing<\/span> population<\/span>, which <\/span>adds<\/span> around<\/span> 1.4 million new residents<\/span>\u00a0every <\/span>year, <\/span>tantamount<\/span> to<\/span> incorporating<\/span> a <\/span>fresh<\/span> district <\/span>every year<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>drive<\/span> aims<\/span> to<\/span> encourage<\/span> male sterilisation <\/span>by<\/span> vasectomy<\/a> and <\/span>increase<\/span> access to self-<\/span>injectables<\/span> and self-insertion <\/span>contraceptives for women.<\/span><\/p>\n

Province-Wide Outreach and Education<\/span><\/h3>\n

Sindh Population Welfare Secretary Hafeezullah Abbasi <\/span>said<\/span> that <\/span>the department, in <\/span>partnership<\/span> with Johns Hopkins University, will <\/span>carry<\/span> out <\/span>door-to-door surveys <\/span>in<\/span> all 1,600 union councils.<\/span><\/p>\n

The programme also <\/span>aims<\/span> for<\/span> approximately <\/span>five million factory workers <\/span>via<\/span> workplace awareness <\/span>campaigns<\/span>, <\/span>and<\/span> students <\/span>at<\/span> schools and universities will be <\/span>taught<\/span> about<\/span> the social and economic <\/span>effects<\/span> of uncontrolled population<\/span>\u00a0growth.<\/p>\n

<\/span>“Because<\/span> men <\/span>are<\/span> responsible<\/span> for<\/span> making<\/span> big <\/span>decisions<\/span> in the household<\/span>, <\/span>their<\/span> involvement<\/span> in these programmes is <\/span>necessary,” <\/span>Abbasi <\/span>stated<\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

He <\/span>mentioned<\/span> that 3,000 men in Sindh have <\/span>already <\/span>undergone<\/span> vasectomy, <\/span>several<\/span> because<\/span> of<\/span> inherited<\/span> blood disorders like thalassemia<\/span>\u00a0or <\/span>simply <\/span>because they were <\/span>HIV\/AIDS<\/span> positive<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Contraceptive <\/span>services, <\/span>such<\/span> as <\/span>sterilisation, birth-spacing devices, oral pills, and the Sayana Press, a self-injectable contraceptive <\/span>providing<\/span> a three-month pregnancy gap \u2014 <\/span>especially<\/span> in coastal and island <\/span>areas \u2014 are being offered by the government<\/span>. Abbasi <\/span>stated<\/span> that <\/span>Sayana Press has been used <\/span>approximately<\/span> 1.3 million times since 2018.<\/p>\n

Administration <\/span>Director <\/span>Faisal Meher <\/span>assured<\/span> that sterilisation kits, IUCDs, implants, injections, and pills are <\/span>provided <\/span>regularly <\/span>to big hospitals<\/span>, the Health Department<\/a>, and NGOs.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Family planning centres in 20 gynaecology wards of nine <\/span>big<\/span> hospitals <\/span>provide<\/span> IUCDs, which are effective<\/span>\u00a0for <\/span>as<\/span> long<\/span> as <\/span>10 years, and implants, <\/span>which<\/span> last<\/span> three to five years.<\/span><\/p>\n

Targets and Progress<\/span><\/h3>\n

Sindh<\/span>‘<\/span>s contraceptive <\/span>rate <\/span>was<\/span> 31% in 2017-18. <\/span>The <\/span>authorities are targeting<\/span>\u00a0the figure <\/span>to <\/span>be<\/span> raised<\/span> to 47% by 2025 and 57% by 2030. <\/span>Cases of <\/span>male sterilisation <\/span>in Karachi have <\/span>increased<\/span> dramatically<\/span>, from <\/span>a<\/span> mere <\/span>23 to 2,500 in 2022. <\/span>Over<\/span> 1,000 <\/span>of<\/span> the NGO HANDS<\/span>‘s<\/span> male mobilisers <\/span>are being trained to <\/span>educate<\/span> people about <\/span>vasectomy<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Early <\/span>rural <\/span>marriages <\/span>equate<\/span> to<\/span> most<\/span> women <\/span>producing<\/span> six to eight children by the <\/span>time<\/span> they<\/span> turn <\/span>30, Meher <\/span>added<\/span>, <\/span>and<\/span> that<\/span> explains<\/span> the programme<\/span>‘s urgency<\/span>.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n


\nWhat is a Vasectomy?<\/span><\/h3>\n

Vasectomy is a <\/span>quick<\/span> surgical <\/span>operation<\/span> that cuts or blocks <\/span>off <\/span>the vas deferens<\/span> to<\/span> stop<\/span> the<\/span> release<\/span> of<\/span> sperm <\/span>during ejaculation. <\/span><\/p>\n

Erection, libido, orgasm, <\/span>and<\/span> the <\/span>capacity<\/span> to ejaculate<\/span> are not affected<\/span>, even though<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>semen will no longer <\/span>include<\/span> sperm. The <\/span>operation<\/span> is <\/span>permanent, and men <\/span>are<\/span> generally<\/span> able<\/span> to return to <\/span>sexual activity within one <\/span>or<\/span> two weeks <\/span>after<\/span> receiving advice from <\/span>their doctor<\/span>.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Funded<\/span> by Johns Hopkins University, SZABIST University, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the programme <\/span>is<\/span> part of Sindh<\/span>‘<\/span>s commitment to <\/span>reaching<\/span> its Family Planning 2030 <\/span>objectives<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KARACHI: The Sindh government has introduced an intensified drive to meet the province‘s fast-growing population, which adds around 1.4 million new residents\u00a0every year, tantamount to incorporating a fresh district every year. The drive aims to encourage male sterilisation by vasectomy and increase access to self-injectables and self-insertion contraceptives for women. Province-Wide Outreach and Education Sindh […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":83054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1243,30684,30683],"class_list":["post-83053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-sindh-govt","tag-male-sterilization","tag-vasectomy-campaign"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83055,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83053\/revisions\/83055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}