Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 2 , Pages 413-416, August 2009

Assisted reproductive technologies in developing countries: are we caring yet?

  • Effy Vayena, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Ethics, UFSPE Fellowship Program, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Effy Vayena, Ph.D., Institute for Biomedical Ethics, University of Zurich Zollikerstrasse 115, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland.
    • ,
  • Herbert B. Peterson, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Maternal and Child Health and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • ,
  • David Adamson, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Fertility Physicians of Northern California, Palo Alto and San Jose, California
    • ,
  • Karl-G. Nygren, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • In Vitro Fertilization Clinic, Sophiahemmet Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Received 16 September 2008; received in revised form 3 February 2009; accepted 4 February 2009. published online 25 March 2009.

An attitude shift toward ART in developing countries has resulted in attempts exploring low-cost ART suitable to limited resource settings. This is a positive and needed development. Future steps should consider national infertility needs, position of infertility services within comprehensive reproductive health programs, ART surveillance, and equitable access.

Key Words: Assisted reproduction, infertility, developing countries, low-cost IVF

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 E.V. has nothing to disclose. H.B.P. has nothing to disclose. D.A. is the Chief Executive Officer of and has an equity interest in Advanced Reproductive Care. K-G. N. has nothing to disclose.

PII: S0015-0282(09)00362-8

doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.02.011

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 92, Issue 2 , Pages 413-416, August 2009

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