The benefits of sterilisation

• Available for both men and women who choose not to have any more children.
• Lifelong, safe, very effective.
• No pills, injections or condoms to remember.
• Female sterilisation is immediately effective.
• Male sterilisation is effective after 3 months (sperm test negative).
• Sterilisation can be legally done from 18 years of age.
• Sexual enjoyment without the worry of pregnancy.
• Sex is not interrupted for contraception.
• Safe and simple surgical procedure.
• Usually performed under local anaesthetic.
• Male sterilisation only takes about 15 minutes.
• Females can be sterilised straight after giving birth.
• Does not affect male or female hormone production.
• Does not interfere with other medication.
• HIV positive men and women can be sterilised.
• No long term side effects.
• No hospitalisation required for low risk patients.
• Free at provincial hospitals.

Source: Association for Voluntary Sterilisation of South Africa