Infertility Treatment Slowly Coming to Africa
There is an interesting article in
The Washington Post that takes a look at the situation of infertility treatment in certain parts of Africa. The areas looked at are areas of the world where women are devalued if they do not have children. Traditionally these have been areas where there was no such thing as treatment for infertility but slowly there are starting to be medical options for women here who want to have children but who can't for one reason or another.
Many of these places are villages where women still go to healers to cure them of ailments like infertility. Much of the treatment that is provided is based on superstitions about women who are unable to have children. The success rates of these treatments are not high. However, medical facilities offering infertility treatment are now starting to open up in these areas to the great relief of some of the women who have been suffering with the stigma of being unable to bear children.
There are many ethical issues raised when Western Medicine comes into an area that has traditionally practiced other forms of healing. But for the women who can now have children when they could not before, the benefit of the infertility treatment clinics opening up in Africa are clear.
Question of the Day: What are the pros and cons of bringing Western-style infertility treatment to remote areas of Africa?photo link
Posted by Kathryn on 8/25/2008 11:30:38 AM
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