Presentation of first mobile unit in Pretoria
The first mobile unit for the Walking Egg Project was unveiled in Pretoria, South Africa. The mobile unit, as it was shown in Pretoria, contains all the equipment needed for simplified IVF, including an embryo transfer room. In combination with a facility providing a procedure room for oocyte retrieval, the mobile unit can perform most ART procedures, including semen analyses and processing with cryopreservation, IUIs, oocyte retrievals with cryopreservation or IVF insemination, and embryo culture followed by embryo transfer or cryopreservation, as well as subsequent embryo thawing and transfer. The conversion to mobile laboratories would enable a larger population to access ART services and provide these services to economically disadvantaged infertile couples in resource-poor communities or regions without specialized infertility centres.
