Dr. Gbolahan Obajimi, a consultant and gynecologist at University College Hospital in Ibadan, has asked the government to create an insurance policy for couples with fertility problems as part of the Nigerian health package.
He also proposed establishing an in vitro fertilization unit in a public hospital to give more couples with fertility problems the opportunity to treat IVF.
Obajimi, who said this in an interview with a 7th anniversary bystander at the Vine Branch Fertility Center in Ibadan on Saturday, said that about 15% of Nigerians have fertility problems, and the government should consider it. Incorporate those mentioned as being into health policy.
The four couples who won the lottery at the event were each given a ticket for fertility treatment equivalent to N1.3m. Another four couples also won N750,000 worth of tickets for IVF evaluation.
The consultant said the problem of infertility is having a negative impact on productivity. This is because the problem of infertility usually puts pressure on many people.
Obajimi said: “Also, the government can provide insurance policies. We know that access to care can be expensive, but the government has a special insurance package for a small number of individuals with this problem. Can be prepared.
“The problem of infertility affects 10 to 15 percent of the population. This type of insurance policy is given to people with fertility problems abroad and can be duplicated here. More developed countries are providing special support to people with fertility problems. They give them up to four IVF exams and they stop when they give birth to a baby. There is no endless insurance. This is insurance aimed at meeting specific needs, and when those needs are met, it ends.
“Currently, there are 50 fertility centers in Nigeria, but this number is not enough in terms of population density. Even if one center has one million, it needs at least 200. From one center to one million people is even terribly inadequate. Studies show that the center needs to serve 1,500 people.
Dr. Bukun Micorade, a consultant gynecologist at the Vinebranch Fertility Center, said IVF treatment would be costly until a fertility center was established in public hospitals across the country.
“The cost of in vitro fertilization cannot be reduced until a center is established in a public hospital,” he said.
According to Collade, his fertility clinic recorded about 500 births in seven years of birth, the pregnancy being due to in vitro fertilization.
He said this was one of the challenges faced like any other medical discipline and lamented the outflow of experts in this discipline.
Corade also said the high cost of doing business and the reliance on imports of drugs and other equipment are the reasons for the high cost of IVF treatment in the country.
Infertility experts say that the increase in infertility rates in couples did not oppose conception support in any way because no one was capable of giving birth to a baby without God’s help. I thought it was partly due.
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