US EditionWHO Issues Unprecedented Global Guidelines to Combat Infertility
The World Health Organization released 40 recommendations to integrate fertility care into national health systems for safe, effective, and equitable treatment worldwide.
- On Nov 28 the World Health Organization published for the first time global directives to improve prevention, detection and treatment of infertility and called for integrating fertility into national health funding, services and strategies.
- One in six people worldwide experience infertility, affecting individuals and couples across all regions and income levels, with Dr Pascale Allotey saying the issue has been neglected `for far too long`.
- WHO urges effective clinical management by health professionals in diagnosis and treatment, including male diagnoses starting with advice, and recommends prevention investment addressing risk factors like untreated sexually transmitted infections and smoking.
- Patients in many countries currently face most infertility costs, causing catastrophic financial expenditures, and a single IVF round can cost double the average annual household income.
- Because the condition affects people worldwide, WHO frames the guidance as a `unified, evidence-based foundation` to help national health systems make fertility care safe, effective and accessible globally.
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Malay Mail
AlKhaleej TodayIn first, WHO issues global guidelines on infertility affecting one in six people
GENEVA, Nov 29 — The World Health Organization on Friday published for the first time directives to improve the prevention, detection and treatment of infertility, which affects millions across the globe.“One in six people worldwide experience infertility during their lifetime,” said Pascale Allotey, the global health body’s head of sexual and reproductive health.“The condition affects individuals and couples across all regions and income levels…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued recommendations on infertility on Friday, 28 November. A first for a disease long relegated to the private sphere, which affects one in six people around the world. Dr. Gitau Mburu, of the WHO Department of Sexual, Reproductive and Research, explains why it is a public health issue.
Geneva, Switzerland. The World Health Organization (WHO) published on Friday for the first time global guidelines to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infertility, which affects millions of people around the world. “One in six people worldwide faces infertility throughout their lives. This problem affects individuals and couples from all regions and income levels, and yet access to safe and affordable care remains very unequal,”…
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