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Assisted reproduction technology in Nigeria: Challenges and the way forward
Lukman Omotayo Omokanye1, Abdulwaheed Olajide Olatinwo1, Ganiyu Adekunle Salaudeen2, Kabir Adekunle Durowade3, Abubakar A Panti4, Rabiu Olayinka Balogun1
1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Health Science, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
2 Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, College of Health Science, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria
3 Department of Community Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti, Ekiti, Nigeria
4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Health Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Lukman Omotayo Omokanye
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin
Nigeria
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DOI: 10.4103/ajiac.ajiac_1_19
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The challenges associated with infertility have necessitated different healthcare-seeking behaviors ranging from spiritual, traditional/alternative health care to orthodox medical types including biotechnological devices such as assisted reproductive technology (ART). ART is the highest breakthrough in the medical treatment of infertility in the whole world. Its evolution has presented multitudinous ethical, legal, and social challenges resulting in a tectonic shift in the way clinicians and the general population perceive infertility and ethics. Hence, there is a urgent need for stakeholders (fertility specialists, clients, professional organizations, religious bodies, bioethicists, and government) to formulate cultural and context-specific guidelines to help address some of these ethical dilemmas.
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