Infertility

Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Worldwide – Factsheet

Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion Worldwide – Factsheet

The Guttmacher Institute, the World Health Organization and the UN’s Human Reproduction Programme (HRP) have released the first-ever model-based estimates…

WHO issues new guideline on Comprehensive Abortion Care

WHO issues new guideline on Comprehensive Abortion Care

The guideline, which replaces previous WHO guidelines on abortion, can be downloaded in PDF format and is also available in an interactive, digital…

Infertility in South Africa: A Neglected Issue in Need of a Public Health Response

Infertility in South Africa: A Neglected Issue in Need of a Public Health Response

On the 15th of December 2021, the CoP on Infertility in the Netherlands kindly invited Share-Net International members from all…

Resource List: Recent articles on Infertility

Resource List: Recent articles on Infertility

The Share-Net Netherlands Community of Practice on Infertility has compiled a resource list of recent interesting articles on the topic of infertility.…

Leveraging the Client-Provider Interaction to Address Contraceptive Discontinuation: A Scoping Review of the Evidence That Links Them

Leveraging the Client-Provider Interaction to Address Contraceptive Discontinuation: A Scoping Review of the Evidence That Links Them

This article was written by Kendal Danna, Alexandra Angel, Jamee Kuznicki, Laetitia Lemoine, Klaira Lerma and Amanda Kalamar and published in Global Health: Science and Practice. Abstract…

Self-managed abortion: a constellation of actors, a cacophony of laws?

Self-managed abortion: a constellation of actors, a cacophony of laws?

This article by Pizzarossa and Nandagiri (2021) argues that within self-managed abortion (SMA) research, advocacy and policy, without losing focusing…

Becoming a Dad Through Surrogacy

Becoming a Dad Through Surrogacy

What is it like for a man in a heterosexual relationship to make the decision to create a family with…

Biological and Social Aspects of Human Infertility: A Global Perspective

Biological and Social Aspects of Human Infertility: A Global Perspective

Infertility remains a neglected area in sexual and reproductive health, yet its consequences are staggering. Infertility is estimated to impact…

`You are a man because you have children’: experiences, reproductive health knowledge and treatment-seeking behaviour among men suffering from couple infertility in South Africa

`You are a man because you have children’: experiences, reproductive health knowledge and treatment-seeking behaviour among men suffering from couple infertility in South Africa

In Africa, infertility traditionally has been viewed as a female problem. This study explores reproductive health knowledge, health-seeking behaviour and…

‘At the hospital I learnt the truth’: diagnosing male infertility in rural Malawi

‘At the hospital I learnt the truth’: diagnosing male infertility in rural Malawi

This paper examines how men’s reproductive bodies are problematised in rural northern Malawi as access to biomedically defined diagnoses of…

A unique view on male infertility around the globe

A unique view on male infertility around the globe

Infertility is a worldwide problem, and according to Sharlip et al, it affects 15% of couples that have unprotected intercourse…