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IVF in Africa: what is it all about?
Article in Facts, views & vision in ObGyn, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.
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41 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Religion's role in managing infertility in Ghana: views from obstetricians and gynaecologists - a qualitative study.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Narratives and behavioral perspectives: the overlooked role of infertility in reproductive health.Reproductive health · 2025Article
- Spatiotemporal evolution of online interest in assisted reproductive technology: a two-decade global analysis through google trends.BMC public health · 2025Observational
- FERTILITY CARE IN LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES: Public sector access to medically assisted reproduction in South Africa: a case study.Reproduction & fertility · 2025Review
- Fertility Care in Low and Middle Income Countries: Policy, Politics, and Macro-Level Influences on Implementation in Uganda.Reproduction & fertility · 2025Article
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Global Development.Studies in family planning · 2025Article
- Journey of infertile couples: scoping the barriers for infertility care among infertile women in Morocco.Obstetrics & gynecology science · 2025Article
- More twins expected in low-income countries with later maternal ages at birth and population growth.Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- Establishing oncofertility care in limited resource settings: a narrative review.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2025Review
- A disturbed communication between hypothalamic-pituitary-ovary axis and gut microbiota in female infertility: is diet to blame?Journal of translational medicine · 2025Review
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- Trial characteristics, geographic distribution, and selected methodological issues of 1425 infertility trials published from 2012 to 2023: a systematic review.Human reproduction open · 2025Review
- Now is the time to introduce new innovative assisted reproduction methods to implement accessible, affordable, and demonstrably successful advanced infertility services in resource-poor countries.Human reproduction open · 2025Article
- From Choice to Justice: Disrupting the Binary Political Logics of Assisted Reproduction.Health and human rights · 2024Article
- Ethical constraints and dilemmas in the provision of in-vitro fertilization treatment in Ghana: from the perspectives of experts.BMC medical ethics · 2024Article
- Care-seeking for difficulties conceiving in sub-Saharan Africa: findings from population-based surveys in eight geographies.Human reproduction (Oxford, England) · 2024Article
- FERTILTY CARE IN LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES: Fertility care in low- and middle-income countries.Reproduction & fertility · 2024Review
- Are We Getting Any Closer to Including Men and Boys in Sexual and Reproductive Health? A Multi-Country Policy Analysis on Guidance to Action in East and Southern Africa.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Infertility is a universal problem with the highest prevalence in low-resource countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa where infection-related tubal damage is the commonest cause. It is estimated that more than 180 million couples in developing countries suffer from primary or secondary infertility. In most African countries, the social stigma of childlessness still leads to isolation and abandonment. Differences between the developed and developing world are emerging because of the different availability in infertility care and the different socio-cultural value surrounding procreation and childlessness. Although reproductive health education and prevention of infertility are number one priorities, the need for accessible diagnostic procedures and affordable assisted reproductive technologies (ART) is very high. The success and sustainability of ART in resource-poor settings will depend, to a large extend, on our ability to optimise these techniques in terms of availability, affordability and effectiveness. Different new innovations and techniques can make the diagnostic work-up and treatment through assisted reproductive technologies (ART), including in-vitro fertilization (IVF), more affordable. These include automated smartphone-based assays for semen analysis and simplified IVF culture systems. The initiative of African Network and Registry for Assisted Reproductive Technology (ANARA) to register all IVF cycles in Africa needs our support and will be of paramount importance in the future. The hurdles to implement ART in most African countries are numerous and although more and more IVF centres are founded, the accessibility to ART remains very low.
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