FREE  No Needle/ No Scalpel Vasectomy Mission

                in Cebu City Philippines, conducted by NSV International Inc. (NSVI) 

                          

                                                                           NSVI 2012 Mission Team

Foreign surgeons/vasectomists joined the Filipino doctors  in providing modern & hi-tech vasectomy to  *Filipino men who wish not to have additional children anymore due to economic, health and other reasons.

Out of 300 men  who showed interest  for  No Needle/No Scalpel Vasectomy, 261 have availed of the  FREE  services last Feb 1-3,6-7, 2012 @ SWU Sacred Heart Hospital, Cebu City, Phils. The rest were screened out/ counselled ...  either too young, too old, only one child or hypertensive  and other reasons.

When a man comes and showed interest for the modern/hi-tech vasectomy mission, it is not automatic, they will still have to undergo the Pre-Operation procedure - NSV Orientation/Education, Counseling, Information taking, including Vital signs, Medical History, etc.

We want them to have full knowledge of  the procedure and whatever questions they have,  will be properly addressed and they have DECIDED it on their own, not forced or coerced by somebody.   

NSVI  is planning  to conduct  another mission about the same time next year. We are willing to partner with  local or international organizations whose clients are the poor families, and to any  Media Network who is  willing to help Inform/Educate/Communicate to the poor families who don't intend to have additional children anymore, and or concern with Poverty and  the  ever growing/over Population in the country. 

For GOS/NGOs/LGUs/POs and other organization who wants NSV Orientation/Education to their clients/groups, you may contact  Social Worker Frohnie D.  Cagalitan of  Pro Quality Life Training & Dev't. Inc. (Q-Life) Tel 4166084 / 09275719399.

For those who cannot wait for the next  NSV mission, or request for NSV fliers, you may contact the RH Nurse Myrna H. Danuco @Sacred Heart Hospital -  Tel 4188980 / 0922 8230 298  

MS. FROHNIE D. CAGALITAN, RSW

Pro Quality Life Training & Dev't. Inc. (Q-Life) 

e-add:  proqualitylife@gmail.com

* there were foreign nationals who came in, w/c we cannot also discriminate ( just like  the previous missions...)  

  

                       ...after instructing the nursing studs on how to screen clients

  

                                                   the pre-op area

  

                       NSV orientation conducted to the prospective NSV clients 

   

   Testimony by Engr. Bob Kiamco (NSVI Founder) who had vasectomy many years ago  

you may also visit the links/website below: 

http://www.facebook.com/pages/No-Scalpel-Vasectomy-International-Inc/122695357779509 -   

  you may "Like" us on FB  and be  updated,comments   and suggestions will be greatly welcome esp. on 

  how many poor families can benefit of the services, esp. on the NSV Orientation/Education

http://www.nsvi.org/   -  the website of No Scalpel Vasectomy International Inc.  

 http://www.vasweb.com/  -   for detailed information about NSV, etc. from Dr. Stein's website including the 

                                                 NSV Missions conducted in the Philippines , Haiti, Kenya 

          

To the National & Local Officials,  read this pls ! .... 

LCP LATEST NEWS

Dispelling Myths, Advocating Truths: Men’s Role in Reproductive Health**Rey T. Uy*
2012-02-01

Reproductive health is a civil right. In a man’s point of view, it is not only a right but a huge responsibility to bear. It is in this premise that the state should take a serious stance on the issue of reproductive health. The growing nexus between a ballooning population and the dismal state of poverty in the Philippines should alarm us all - from government officials down to the ordinary folks. The waves of friendly and sometimes fiery debate between two opposing sides should not really be a force to divide us, rather it should help us dispel myths and advocate the truth.

The Reproductive Health Bill had been a very serious topic of national debate. It is just high time that we elevate the level of our intellectual discourse and come face-to-face with the issues at hand.

We can never get out from the picture of the looming state of poverty in the country. This is probably best explained by the growing number of our population and our inability to get the majority of them, most especially men, to be employed to support their respective families.

One of the current thrusts of my administration is to elevate the state of living of my constituents and to break the bonds of poverty—like many of our local chief executives’ dream for their people. To realize this, we took a bold step to materialize our aspirations.

In the City of Tagum, I am very proud to share that we have bannered a local reproductive health program that sets the balance between men’s and women’s right to a better reproductive health they rightfully deserve. We have been able to accommodate the desire of numerous men to submit themselves to a no-scalpel vasectomy for free, courtesy of the local government and the Marie Stopes Foundation, a civic society organization that supports this cause.

This has magnified the local government-CSO participation in championing this advocacy. It complements the free tubal ligation procedure offered to the women in our city who believed they had enough children. This is anchored on the premise that our actions should be proactive rather than reactive. By doing this program, we do not only grant their right to a better reproductive health but we are also doing our city, this country and this world a great favor.

The result of this program had been monumental. Our city was not included among the recipients of the current government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Conditional Cash Transfer) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The DSWD cited our low poverty incidence rate at 15.42%, as stipulated in the department’s National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction Program. The national poverty incidence rate is estimated around 27%.

This is another significant breakthrough for our city - thanks in part to our local reproductive health program. The substantial connection between reproductive health and poverty reduction is indeed very evident.
So what makes it successful by then? Two words: Political Will.

An approach that focuses on men as clients deals with the great need to provide men of their reproductive health services. But still many were not sold out to the idea of vasectomy, in our city’s case. The challenge is how do we make reproductive health services be palatable to men?

The answer is simple: we should emphasize men’s important role in ensuring wellness for themselves, their wives and their respective families. The government should be consistent and true in pioneering reproductive health services that focus on men. The interventions that involve men as agents of positive change, however, are relatively few. The state should increase men’s informed choices, their possibilities for learning and development, and the survival and well-being of family members.

The issue of reproductive health is a very sensitive issue, especially to the Roman Catholic Church. While many of the men in the pulpits would oppose the passage of the Reproductive Health Bill into a national law citing that the state cannot legislate morality, it is but right for the government to not be bullied by the church.

First, this bill seeks to uphold people’s right to reproductive health which will contribute to solve our problem on poverty—a thing that has not been either solved by the church. There is still a big room though to settle down things and build a consensus but both parties cannot deny that poverty is rising and time is ticking.

The shape of our future will depend heavily on the decisions we make and the action we are taking today. The time is now for us to be serious and get real.

Men, along with women, must work hand-in-hand to curse poverty through the implementation of a best reproductive health program. But I would like to put emphasis that above all parties involved, it should be the men who should take the first step towards the realization of this goal. That way, we will be able to ensure a better future for our children’s children and for the future generations.

* Hon. Rey Uy is the City Mayor of Tagum, Davao Del Norte, who is also the LCP’s Regional Representative for Region IX. For more information, contact Office of the City Mayor at (084) 217-3688 or (084) 218-1957. 

** This article is first published in the Population Chronicle. Men and Reproductive Health, an LCP publication for the ongoing United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)-supported Reproductive Health and Commodity Security Project. The opinions expressed herein are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the views of LCP and UNFPA.    

* NSV  International Inc. has been conducting the modern/ hi-tech  "No Needle/No Scalpel" Vasectomy in the Phils... 

for more info, pls. contact: proqualitylife@gmail.com  or visit the links below:

  http://www.facebook.com/notes/no-scalpel-vasectomy-international-inc/nsvi-mission-2012/344124718953523

 http://www.facebook.com/pages/No-Scalpel-Vasectomy-International-Inc/122695357779509  or