We present the first study of voluntary female sterilisation in Burkin
a Faso. The average woman undergoing tubal ligation was a 37 gear old,
married, housewife para 8 with five living children, The main reasons
for TL were: achieved desired family size (45.9%) and medical reason
(29.5%). The TL was usually performed (77.8%) in the postpartum, using
the Pomeroy technique, With a follow up of three to fifteen months, n
o pregnancy has been reported and no request for reversal expressed, T
he authors make some suggestions to increase the prevalence of TL in B
urkina Faso.