Infertility is a serious but entirely neglected public health problem in resource-poor countries. Most of the infertility is caused by infections and therefore potentially preventable. The problem of infertility in Rwanda has not been -researched so far. We examined predictors for infertility and treatment-seeking behaviour in an unmatched case-control. We performed infertility investigations i...

Endometriosis is a gynaecological disorder that is characterized by the growth of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity 1 . In developed countries, it occurs in up to 20% of women of reproductive age and is a common cause of pelvic pain and infertility 1,2 . In sub-Saharan Africa, epidemiological data on the prevalence of endometriosis among African indigenous women are meagre 3 . In so...

BACKGROUND The prevalence of congenital uterine anomalies in high-risk women is unclear, as several different diagnostic approaches have been applied to different groups of patients. This review aims to evaluate the prevalence of such anomalies in unselected populations and in women with infertility, including those undergoing IVF treatment, women with a history of miscarriage, women with infer...

BACKGROUND Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted viruses. Despite the increasing evidence of HPV prevalence in semen, the worldwide distribution of HPV types in semen and risk for male infertility remain inconclusive. METHODS Four electronic databases were searched for English language studies conducted between January 1990 and December 2016 that reporte...

BACKGROUND Few studies have been conducted on the infertility problems in Iran. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of infertility problems and related factors in Iranian infertile patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross sectional study, 405 infertile patients referred to Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran, between 2014 and 2015, were selected by simple random sampling. Participan...

Background: Infertility has complex implications for individual and social well-being of those involved. The medical definition of infertility used by the World Health Organization is a disease of the reproductive system defined by the failure to achieve a pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse. The aim of this review was to assess the prevalence of infertil...