The Use of Time to Pregnancy for Estimating and Monitoring Human Fecundity From Demographic and Health Surveys.

Background: Available studies on the prevalence of infertility have proved to have certain limitations, with a scarcity of population-based studies and inconsistent reporting from surveys in countries at all income levels. We wanted to test the applicability of the current duration approach to data from the important Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) program, funded by USAID since its inception in 1985, https://dhsprogram.com/.

IVF and other ART in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic landscape analysis.

Background: Infertility affects 48.5 million couples worldwide with a prevalence estimated at 3.5-16.

Estimating the government public economic benefits attributed to investing in assisted reproductive technology: a South African case study.

Limited resources and high treatment costs are arguments often used in many public health systems in low- and middle-income countries to justify providing limited treatments for people with infertility. In this analysis, we apply a government public economic perspective to evaluate public subsidy for in-vitro fertilization (IVF) in South Africa. A fiscal model was developed that considered lifetime direct and indirect taxes paid and government transfers received by a child conceived by IVF.

Global epidemiology of in infertile populations: systematic review, meta-analysis and metaregression.

Objective: To provide an in-depth systematic assessment of the global epidemiology of gonorrhoea infection in infertile populations.

Methods: A systematic literature review was conducted up to 29 April 2019 on international databases and WHO regional databases, and reported following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. All prevalence measures of gonorrhoea infection among infertile populations, based on primary data, qualified for inclusion.

Should home-based ovulation predictor kits be offered as an additional approach for fertility management for women and couples desiring pregnancy? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Introduction: To inform the WHO Guideline on self-care interventions, we conducted a systematic review of the impact of ovulation predictor kits (OPKs) on time-to-pregnancy, pregnancy, live birth, stress/anxiety, social harms/adverse events and values/preferences.

Methods: Included studies had to compare women desiring pregnancy who managed their fertility with and without OPKs, measure an outcome of interest and be published in a peer-reviewed journal. We searched for studies on PubMed, CINAHL, LILACS and EMBASE through November 2018.

Global epidemiology of in infertile populations: protocol for a systematic review.

Introduction: A key target of the WHO's 'Global Health Sector Strategy on sexually transmitted infections, 2016-2021' is achieving 90% reduction in (gonorrhoea for short) incidence globally by 2030. Though untreated, gonorrhoea has been linked to infertility, the epidemiology of this infection in infertile populations remains poorly understood and somewhat a neglected area of reproductive health. Our proposed systematic review aims to fill this gap by characterising comprehensively gonorrhoea infection in infertile populations globally.

Human rights and legal dimensions of self care interventions for sexual and reproductive health.

Understanding the user, the health system, and the environment is key to ensuring that self care interventions for sexual and reproductive health are not only available but safe and empowering for all, say

Mild ovarian stimulation for in vitro fertilization: are we ready to change? A meta-analysis.

Objective: To compare the efficacy of mild ovarian stimulation versus conventional stimulation in in vitro fertilization (IVF).

Design: Meta-analysis.

Search Strategy: A systemic literature search was carried out for prospective randomised clinical trials.