African experience with training courses on sperm examination
In conjunction with the World Health Organization’s Department of Health and Research, the Department of Obstetrics and University of Stellenbosch, South Africa presented since 1997 hands-on...
View ArticleInfertility in African countries: challenges created by the HIV epidemic
HIV infection and infertility are two common reproductive health disorders in Africa. From the perspective of infertility-related reproductive health care, the HIV epidemic has created several...
View ArticleReproductive research in non-human primates at Institute of Primate Research...
The Institute of Primate Research (IPR; www.ipr.or.ke) is a WHO collaborating center for research in reproductive biology, infectious diseases and ecology/conservation. It includes a fully equipped...
View ArticleAssisted reproductive technology in Latin America: an example of regional...
BACKGROUNDSince 1990, the Latin American Registry of Assisted Reproduction covers more than 80% of the assisted reproductive technology (ART) cycles performed regionally. METHODS130 centers enter their...
View ArticleAffordable ART and the Third World: difficulties to overcome
A coherent strategy is required, donors to cover the costs of a business plan and personnel to provide advice and training and the country must be chosen. An urban environment is preferred with a...
View ArticleMedical and socio-cultural aspects of infertility in the Middle East
The Middle East (ME), an area rich in history and tradition with >300 million population, includes 18 heterogeneous countries concerning resources, income per capita, available healthcare services,...
View ArticleINVO: a simple, low cost effective assisted reproductive technology
INVO procedure is a simple and effective infertility treatment that uses a new device, the INVOcell. INVO can be performed in a physician's office or in a satellite facility of an IVF center. The INVO...
View ArticleInfertility-related reproductive health knowledge and help-seeking behaviour...
Data from African countries indicate that men and women attribute infertility to traditional beliefs about health and disease as well as to biomedical causes, although appropriate knowledge of the...
View ArticleAssisted reproductive technologies: how to minimize the risks and...
In 2% of assisted reproductive techniques (ART) cycles complications occur. Some are preventable, some are not. In this paper, we will discuss risks and complications of the standard ‘Western’...
View ArticleInvoluntary childlessness: a neglected problem in poor-resource areas
Childlessness is analysed on the individual, the national and the international level. On the individual level five categories of consequences are described: grief and sadness; social isolation and...
View ArticleIs affordable and cost-effective assisted reproductive technology in...
Decision making on infertility treatment in low-income countries (LIC) assumes answers to quite a few questions: how should the infertility problem be defined? How often does infertility occur? What...
View ArticleEthical issues of infertility treatment in developing countries
The provision of infertility treatment in developing countries is controversial. Reports over the last decades have inculcated in people from Western countries the belief that overpopulation is the...
View ArticleInfertility in developing countries: funding the project
Assisting developing countries in establishing infertility services is not a uniform exercise and depends on the stage of development of each country. Three levels of assistance are suggested:...
View ArticleAffordable assisted reproductive technologies in developing countries: pros...
Infertility in developing countries is pervasive and a serious concern. In addition to the personal grief and suffering it causes, the inability to have children especially in poor communities can...
View ArticleAffordable ART services in Africa: synthesis and adaptation of laboratory...
The aim of this paper is to provide information, opinions and suggestions on affordable laboratory-orientated fertility screening and treatment. Resource management to provide such services in...
View ArticleFalse perceptions and common misunderstandings surrounding the subject of...
Although the consequences of the problem of childlessness are more pronounced in developing countries when compared with Western societies, local health care providers and international organizations...
View ArticleFour years of IVF/ICSI experience in Kampala (Uganda)
We all know that starting and running an ART clinic is not so easy as some people might perceive from outside. Doing the same thing in the middle of Africa is even more challenging as some evidences...
View ArticleIntrauterine insemination (IUI) as a first-line treatment in developing...
It is generally accepted that intrauterine insemination (IUI) should be preferred to more invasive and expensive techniques of assisted reproduction and be offered as a first-choice treatment in cases...
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