Recommendations for Contraceptive Use
		Vasectomy

Recommendations	Rationale
Vasectomies can be provided by any health professional who has been properly trained to perform a vasectomy. Properly trained doctors, medical officers, nurses, nurse midwives, and other medical personnel with surgical experience can successfully perform vasectomies.	Various types of doctors, including general medical practitioners, general surgeons, other specialists (such as obstetrician-gynecologists) and paramedical professionals can receive training to perform vasectomy. AVSC International. No-scalpel vasectomy: a training course for vasectomy providers and assistants. New York: AVSC International, 1997. In press.

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