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18-03-2013
National, Regional, and Global Trends in Infertility Prevalence Since 1990: A Systematic Analysis of 277 Health Surveys (MN Mascarenhas, et al)

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04-03-2013
Low cost, simple, intrauterine insemination procedure with unwashed centrifuged husband's sperm for developing countries. (Mve RN, Formigli L.)

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04-03-2013
Consequences of infertility in developing countries (Rouchou B)

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04-03-2013
Infertility in resource constrained- settings: moving towards amelioration (Hammarberg K et al)

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02-01-2013
Factors associated with acceptablity of child adoption as a management option for infertility among women in a developing country (A. Abiodun et al)

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19-11-2012
Mother India (Raffaele Brunetti)
Documentary about childless women in India. Two couples are followed: one is a childless couple on their journey to access different kinds of f...
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24-09-2012
Assisted reproduction laboratory cost-drivers in South Africa: value, virtue and validity (C Huyser et al)
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02-07-2012
Biomedical invertility care in poor resource countries. Barriers, Access and Ethics. (Social Science Study Group of the ESHRE STF )
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02-07-2012
Biomedical invertility care in poor resource countries. Barriers, Access and Ethics. (Social Science Study Group of the ESHRE STF )
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27-04-2012
Risk factors for secondary infertility anong women in Karachi, Pakistan (Sami N et al)
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19-03-2012
The Walking Egg (K Vanmechelen)

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19-03-2012
A call for a more holistic approach to reproductive health care in developing countries (N Dhont)

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19-03-2012
The missing millions (M Fathalla)

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19-03-2012
The Arusha project (W Ombelet)

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01-12-2011
Global access to infertility care: a case of human rights, equity and social justice (W Ombelet)
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01-12-2011
Who is who: The Walking Egg npo (N Dhont)
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29-11-2011
What counts in infertility care? Understanding experiences with fertility treatment in various medical in Southern Mozambique. (E Mariano)
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25-11-2011
Barriers to access to infertility care and reproductive technology within the public health sector in Brezil. (M Makuch)
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25-11-2011
Accessible infertility services in developing countries: the Arusha project (W Ombelet)
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25-11-2011
Ethical issues of infertility treatment in developing countries (G Pennings)
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25-11-2011
CRBC and ARTs in resource poor settings: intersections and implications (Z Gurtin)
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25-11-2011
Socio-cultural aspects of infertility in Egypt. (HN Sallam)
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25-11-2011
Infertility care in South Africa (M Patel)
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25-11-2011
Social, cultural and ethical aspects of infertility care in Bulgaria (y Panayotova)
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25-11-2011
The double burden of HIV and infertility: experience from Rwanda. (N Dhont)
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25-11-2011
Funding ART in low resource settings: financial and ethical considerations. (S Dyer)
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25-11-2011
Reviewing infertility care in Sudan: socio-cultural, ethical and policy barriers (DS Khalifa)
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25-11-2011
Output-based financing for infertility services (CP Janisch)
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25-11-2011
The state of Infertility policy and programmes in Bangladesh (P Nahar)
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25-11-2011
The growth of biomedical infertility services in Vietnam: barriers to access. (MJ Pasigian)
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03-11-2011
'Mama and papa nothing': living with infertility among an urban population in Kigali, Rwanda. (N Dhont et al)
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04-10-2011
Assisted reproduction services provision in a developing country: time to act? (A Murage et al)

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02-02-2011
Contraceptive medicalisation, fear of infertility and teenage prgnancy in Brasil (Concalves, et al)
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01-01-2011
HIV infection and sexual behaviour in primary and secondary infertile relationships: a case-control study in Kigali, Rwanda (N Dhont et al)
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01-12-2010
Mother or nothing: the agony of infertility (WHO)
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04-08-2010
Sexual violence, HSV-2 and HIV are important predictors for infertility in Rwanda (N Dhont et al)
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23-06-2010
Gender differences and factors associated with infertility seeking behaviour in Kigali, Rwanda (N Dhont et al)
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01-02-2010
Low priority level for infertility services within the public health sector: a Brazilian study. (MY Makuch et al)
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01-01-2010
The Arusha project: Accessible care in developing countries: a reasonable option? (W Ombelet et al)
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01-01-2010
Working groups make progress, but project funding still proves a major challenge (Ombelet)
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01-07-2009
Natural/mild assisted reproductive technologies: reducing costs and increasing safety. (G Nargund)
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01-07-2009
Psychological distress among men suffering from couple infertility in South Africa: a quantitative assessment. (S Dyer et al)
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02-03-2009
Patient acceptance of Self-Operated Endovaginal Telemonitoring (SOET): proof of concept (Gerris et. al.)
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02-03-2009
Declining birth rate in Developed Countries: A radical policy re-think is required (Nargund)
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01-01-2009
The social and cultural consequences of being childless in poor-resource areas (Van Balen et. al.)
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01-01-2009
Consequenties van infertiliteit in de derde wereld: resultaten van de Arusha-conferentie (Ombelet)
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26-09-2008
Infertility and the provision of infertility medical services in developing countries (Ombelet et. al. )
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01-07-2008
ESHRE Special Task Force on 'Developing Countries and Infertility' (ESHRE special task force)
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01-01-2008
Intrauterine insemination (IUI) as a first-line treatment in developing countries and methodological aspects that might influence IUI success (Ombelet et. al.)
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01-01-2008
False perceptions and common misunderstandings surrounding the subject of infertility in developing countries (Ombelet)
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06-12-2007
Motives for parenthood among couples attending a level 3 infertility clinic in the public health sector in South Africa (Dyer et. al.)
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10-07-2007
Affordable IVF for developing countries (Ombelet)
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21-03-2007
International estimates of infertility prevalence and treatment-seeking: potential need and demand for infertility medical care (Boivin et al)
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31-08-2006
Fertility on a shoestring (Pilcher in NATURE)
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01-06-2005
SPERM ONLY PLEASE: Prevention of infections in an assisted reproduction laboratory in a developing country (C. Huyser)
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31-05-2005
Reproductive healthcare systems should include accessible infertility diagnosis and treatment: An important challenge for resource-poor countries (W. Ombelet)
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24-05-2005
'Men leave me as I cannot have children': women's experiences with involuntary childlessness (S Dyer et al)
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23-05-2005
Quality of infertility care in poor-resource areas and the introduction of new reproductive technologies (Frank Van Balen et. al.)
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02-05-2005
Born (Dutch) (Dupont)
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17-03-2005
Psychological distress among women suffering from couple infertility in South Africa: a quantitative assessment (Dyer et. al.)
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11-03-2004
'You are a man because you have children': experiences, reproductive health knowledge and treatment-seeking behaviour among men suffering from couples infertility in south Africa (S Dyer et al)
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02-07-2001
Medical infertility care in low income countries: the case for concern in policy and practice1 (Van Zandvoort)
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01-01-2001
International estimates of infertility prevalence and treatment-seeking: potential need and demand for infertility medical care (Van Balen et. al.)
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01-01-2000
Infertility in South Africa: womens reproductive health knowledge and treatment-seeking behaviour for involuntary childlessness (Dyer et. al.)
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04-03-2013
Fertility knowledge and beliefs about fertility treatment: findings from the International Fertility Decision-making Study. (Bunting L et al)

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03-11-2011

'Mama and papa nothing': living with infertility among an urban population in Kigali, Rwanda.
N Dhont et al

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Background: Not being able to procreate has severe social and economic repercussions in resource-poor countries. The purpose of this research was to explore the consequences of female and/or male factor infertility for men and women in Rwanda.
Methods: Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. Couples presenting with female and/or male factor infertility problems at the infertility clinic of the Kigali University Teaching Hospital (n ¼ 312), and fertile controls who recently delivered (n ¼ 312), were surveyed
about domestic violence, current and past relationships and sexual functioning. In addition, five focus group discussions were held with a subsample of survey participants, who were either patients diagnosed with female- or male-factor fertility or their partners.
Results: Domestic violence, union dissolutions and sexual dysfunction were reported more frequently in the survey by infertile than fertile couples. The psycho-social consequences suffered by infertile couples in Rwanda are severe and similar to those reported in other resource-poor countries. Although women carry the largest burden of suffering, the negative repercussions of infertility for men, especially at the level of the community, are considerable. Whether the infertility was caused by a female factor or male factor was an important determinant for the type of psycho-social consequences suffered.
Conclusions: In Rwanda, as in other resource-poor countries, infertility causes severe suffering. There is an urgent need to recognize infertility as a serious reproductive health problem and to put infertility care on the public health agenda.