- By Ridam Sharma
- Fri, 21 Nov 2025 11:45 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
World Vasectomy Day Facts: World Vasectomy Day is a global campaign to promote awareness that vasectomy as a safe, simple, and effective are one of the simple ways for male contraception options. The day is all about demystifying vasectomy, debunking myths, and building shared responsibility in family planning through the use of this minor surgical procedure by encouraging men to have the procedure. The day also comes along with global events, education, and live connectivity of doctors worldwide, to promote widespread awareness about the day. The day also points to the pros of vasectomy to take away the load of taking contraceptives by women, which promotes worldwide gender equity in reproductive health.
To know more about the day, here is a list of more than 30 interesting and lesser-known facts about male sterilisation, according to the wvd.org.
List Of 30+ Interesting And Lesser-Known Facts About World Vasectomy Day:
1. Each year on the 3rd Friday of November, World Vasectomy Day is celebrated.
2. The day was initiated in 2012 by filmmaker/journalist Jonathan Stack and urologist Dr Doug Stein, as a cooperative venture.
3. The event of World Vasectomy Day was made to popularise the use of vasectomy as an effective, safe and reasonable way of male contraception.
4. Vasectomy is a sterile method of contraceptive practice that is a permanent method that prevents the entry of sperm into the semen during intercourse, unless you get the procedure reversed.
5. The failure rate of vasectomy is below 1 per cent, which is significantly less compared to condoms, which have an 18 per cent rate of failure.
6. World Vasectomy Day has collaborated with more than 30 countries all over the globe since its establishment.
7. Over 900 physicians have conducted an excess of 124,000 vasectomies as part of the World Vasectomy Day movement by 2024.
8. The headquarters of the event were hosted in countries like Australia, Kenya, Indonesia, Mexico, Haiti, Rwanda, Colombia, and Argentina.
9. In certain countries, the World Vasectomy Day event has grown to three days in addition to one day to cover more men.
10. World Vasectomy Day is the biggest male-centred family Planning and Sexual Health Movement in the world.
11. Vasectomy is not invasive, it is cheap, and has fewer complications than tubal ligation, which is a female sterilisation procedure.
12. Tubal ligations are 6 times more common than vasectomies, despite the higher risk factors.
13. Vasectomy does not influence sexual capacity, level of testosterone and libido of the man.
14. This practice normally takes approximately 15 minutes and has a very short recovery period.
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15. World Vasectomy Day aims to bust the myths and social stigma surrounding vasectomy.
16. World Vasectomy Day encourages physicians to undergo training to make vasectomy more accessible to people across the world.
17. The day also urges men to accept collective responsibility for family planning, which removes the contraceptive burden, which is commonly forced on women.
18. Vasectomy was first documented as early as 1823 when the procedures were carried out on animals, and the first human vasectomy was done in 1897 in the US.
19. Vasectomies in pregnancy-control programs in the first half of the 20th century were controversially utilised and eventually banned in certain countries.
20. In the mid-20th century, modern vasectomy was accepted to be a safe way of birth control.
21. A lot of men are afraid to have e vasectomy because they are misinformed and influenced by social standards.
22. World Vasectomy Day uses live worldwide events that have doctors who are networked through social media and Skype to create awareness.
23. The day promotes the world family planning, intending to avoid unwanted pregnancies.
24. World Vasectomy Day has been the catalyst for events where vasectomy is being provided to men as a part of the campaign.
25. Vasectomy is a simple and safe procedure that can be used to promote health among the population.
26. World Vasectomy Day encourages an affirmative conversation regarding the reproductive health of men and family planning decisions.
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27. One of the major objectives of the day is to normalise vasectomy worldwide, especially in those countries where population growth is high.
28. Most of the cases of vasectomy can be reversed, which refutes claims that it is permanent.
29. The World Vasectomy Day aids in tackling the issue of gender inequality by encouraging male involvement in birth control.
30. The campaign brings on board hundreds of competent physicians around the world in an annual organised campaign.
31. Vasectomy has not been well used and known as compared to female contraception methods, despite its advantages.
World Vasectomy Day plays a key role in evolving the public view on male contraception methods through informed choices and the breaking of social taboos around vasectomy. The day is all about empowering men to be responsible enough to take charge of their and their partner’s reproductive health. They also promote mindful family planning options, along with healthier communities and gender equality, where vasectomy becomes a normalised and achievable option for men around the world.
