At the turn of February and March 2016, the 14th No-Scalpel Vasectomy charity mission – No Scalpel Vasectomy International (NSVI) – took place in the Philippines.
An international team of experienced vasectomists – specialising in training other doctors – performed free no-scalpel vasectomies using the most effective Canadian method (electro cautery, fascial interposition). The No-Scalpel Vasectomy mission was charitable in nature and was financed entirely from the participants’ own funds.
Here I would like to personally thank my patients who also donated money to this noble cause.
No-scalpel vasectomy is a method of male contraception that is becoming increasingly popular, especially in developed countries. It is a convenient, comfortable method, simple and almost entirely free of complications. However, because of uncontrolled excessive population growth, the least developed countries need vasectomy even more.
The 14th No-Scalpel Vasectomy mission in the Philippines: 23 February 2016
From Tuesday 23 February to Tuesday 1 March, NSVI conducted its 14th charity mission in the Philippines. The aim of the mission, as every time so far, was to perform free vasectomies for poor Filipinos, fathers of large families, and to teach local doctors and medical students how to perform vasectomies.
The previous year’s mission, Philippines 2015, was satisfying (over 500 procedures performed, meetings with journalists, lectures for students, training local doctors in no-scalpel vasectomy using the most modern variant of the Open Ended Fascial Interposition method).
That is why as many as 7 of the 10 participants (volunteer doctors) declared their participation in the 2016 mission even before last year’s 2015 mission had ended. All of them kept their word and once again took part in this year’s 2016 mission.
The map below shows the participants of the 14th No Scalpel Vasectomy International (NSVI) mission and where they came from in 2016.
In addition, their time and money were devoted by (1) NSVI Director of Education Dr John Curington from New York, (2) Dr John Abano, an excellent Filipino-American vasectomist from Seattle, and (3) Iwona Kulik, wife of Dr Robert Kulik from Warsaw.
Below, a short photo report – Vasectomy Philippines 2016
