IVF and other ART in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic landscape analysis

TM Chiware, N Vermeulen, K Blondeel… - Human reproduction …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Infertility affects 48.5 million couples worldwide with a prevalence estimated
at 3.5–16.7% in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC), and as high as 30–40% in Sub …

[HTML][HTML] Reproductive travel to, from and within sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review

T Moll, T Gerrits, K Hammarberg, L Manderson… - … Biomedicine & Society …, 2022 - Elsevier
Scholarly interest in reproductive travel has increased in recent years, but travel within, to
and from the African continent has received much less attention. We reviewed the literature …

Availability of services for the diagnosis and treatment of infertility in The Gambias public and private health facilities: a cross-sectional survey

A Afferri, H Allen, S Dierickx, M Bittaye… - BMC Health Services …, 2022 - Springer
Background Infertility is a long-standing reproductive health issue, which affects both men
and women worldwide and it is especially problematic in the Global South. In sub-Saharan …

'God helps those who help themselves'… religion and Assisted Reproductive Technology usage amongst urban Ghanaians

RA Hiadzi, IM Boafo, PM Tetteh - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) is increasingly becoming a viable option for
infertile couples in Ghana. There exists significant literature that explores the gender, legal …

Men and infertility in The Gambia: Limited biomedical knowledge and awareness discourage male involvement and exacerbate gender-based impacts of infertility

S Dierickx, KO Oruko, E Clarke, S Ceesay, A Pacey… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Infertility in Sub-Saharan Africa constitutes an important social and public health
problem. Yet, there is a paucity of research on the experiences of men living with infertility …

[HTML][HTML] Assisted reproductive technologies in Ghana: transnational undertakings, local practices and 'more affordable'IVF

T Gerrits - Reproductive biomedicine & society online, 2016 - Elsevier
The article sketches the origins and development of IVF in Ghana as a highly transnational
undertaking. Movements are from and to Africa, involving human beings (providers and …

Globalised quests for assisted conception: Reproductive travel for infertility and involuntary childlessness

A Whittaker, MC Inhorn, F Shenfield - Global Public Health, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The global movement of people across international borders to undergo assisted
reproductive treatment is common, although there is little accurate data. In this article, we …

Emerging “repronubs” and “repropreneurs”: transnational surrogacy in Ghana, Kazakhstan, and Laos

A Whittaker, T Gerrits, C Weis - International journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
In this article, we offer an analysis of the development of “repronubs”: less-known locations
offering small-scale, niche cross-border gestational surrogacy or surrogacy services for a …

Reproductive travel to Ghana: testimonies, transnational relationships, and stratified reproduction

T Gerrits - Medical anthropology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In this article, I address reproductive travel to Ghana, based on research conducted in two
private fertility clinics. Both clinics attract clients from West African countries as well as …

Is superdiversity a useful concept in European medical sociology?

H Bradby, G Green, C Davison, K Krause - Frontiers in Sociology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Medical sociology has a poor track record of researching diversity in theoretically innovative
ways. This paper notes usage of the term superdiversity in migration and urban studies, to …