Infertility in rural Ghana

Geelhoed, Diederike; Nayembil, Daniel Azumah; Asare, Kofi; Leeuwen, Jules H. Schagen van; Roosmalen, Jos van

doi:10.1016/s0020-7292(02)00237-0

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“…The finding was different from studies in South Africa, Saudi Africa and Pakistan (5,16,32) where the majority believed the couple should present for investigation and management together. However, our findings are similar to those in studies undertaken in Gambia and Ghana (10,33) which found that women alone were the ones seeking care whether in orthodox or traditional medicine outlets. The majority of our respondents (71.7%) had sought care from traditional and spiritual healers for infertility before presenting to the hospitals.…”

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Knowledge of Infertility Among Infertile Women in Bauchi, Northern Nigeria

Dattijo¹,

Andreadis²,

Aminu³

et al. 2016

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Objectives: To evaluate the knowledge, perception and treatment seeking behaviour of infertile women in Bauchi, northern Nigeria. Materials and Methods: Four hundred and six infertile women were surveyed in two hospitals using a structured questionnaire between July 2013 and June 2014. Results: The ages of the respondents ranged from 19 to 42 years with a mean age of 30.5 years (SD: ± 5 years). Many (81%) of the respondents had poor knowledge of risk factors for infertility and over 80% believed in supernatural causes. The women who had secondary level of education or higher (4.78, CI: 2.35-9.71, P < 0.001) and those who were employed (3.08, CI: 1.44-6.58, P = 0.04) had significantly better knowledge compared to those who had lower level of education and were unemployed. Almost three-quarters (n = 299, 73.6%) believed that women bear the blame for infertility and 40.4% see it as a reason for the man to take another wife. Half of the women felt the woman alone should seek for treatment and only 28% reported hospital as their site of initial treatment. Most (n = 370, 91%) felt infertility should be given priority in public hospitals and 308 (76%) believed the government should pay for infertility services as done for other reproductive health (RH) services. Conclusion: There is low level of knowledge of infertility among infertile women in Bauchi and women bear the blame for infertility. There is need for initiatives to improve RH education in Bauchi.

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Knowledge of Infertility Among Infertile Women in Bauchi, Northern Nigeria

Dattijo¹,

Andreadis²,

Aminu³

et al. 2016

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“…In Qatar, the prevalence of secondary infertility (19.1%) was higher in Qatari men with DM as compared to primary infertility (16%). Several epidemiologic studies have demonstrated an increased risk for infertility in diabetic men [15][16][17][18]. These Fig.…”

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Is male fertility associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus?

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“…In sub-Saharan Africa, the prevalence differs widely from 9% in the Gambia (Sundby et al ., 1998) and 11.8% in Ghana (Geelhoed et al ., 2002) compared with 21.2% in northwestern Ethiopia (Haile, 1990) and between 20 and 30% in Nigeria (Ebomoyi and Adetoro, 1990; Adetoro and Ebomyi, 1991; Okonofua, 1996; Larsen, 2000). Even less data are available from Asia and Latin-America, but a report compiled by the World Health Organization (WHO) indicated that the prevalence of infertility in these regions fell within the globally expected range 8–12% of couples of reproductive age and was thus lower when compared with African countries (World Health Organization, 1991).…”

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Infertility and the provision of infertility medical services in developing countries

Ombelet

Cooke²,

Dyer

et al. 2008

Human Reproduction Update

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BACKGROUNDWorldwide more than 70 million couples suffer from infertility, the majority being residents of developing countries. Negative consequences of childlessness are experienced to a greater degree in developing countries when compared with Western societies. Bilateral tubal occlusion due to sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy-related infections is the most common cause of infertility in developing countries, a condition that is potentially treatable with assisted reproductive technologies (ART). New reproductive technologies are either unavailable or very costly in developing countries. This review provides a comprehensive survey of all important papers on the issue of infertility in developing countries.METHODSMedline, PubMed, Excerpta Medica and EMBASE searches identified relevant papers published between 1978 and 2007 and the keywords used were the combinations of ‘affordable, assisted reproduction, ART, developing countries, health services, infertility, IVF, simplified methods, traditional health care'.RESULTSThe exact prevalence of infertility in developing countries is unknown due to a lack of registration and well-performed studies. On the other hand, the implementation of appropriate infertility treatment is currently not a main goal for most international non-profit organizations. Keystones in the successful implementation of infertility care in low-resource settings include simplification of diagnostic and ART procedures, minimizing the complication rate of interventions, providing training-courses for health-care workers and incorporating infertility treatment into sexual and reproductive health-care programmes.CONCLUSIONSAlthough recognizing the importance of education and prevention, we believe that for the reasons of social justice, infertility treatment in developing countries requires greater attention at National and International levels.

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Infertility in rural Ghana

Cited by 54 publications

References 8 publications

Knowledge of Infertility Among Infertile Women in Bauchi, Northern Nigeria

Knowledge of Infertility Among Infertile Women in Bauchi, Northern Nigeria

Is male fertility associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus?

Infertility and the provision of infertility medical services in developing countries

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