The aim of this study is to explore knowledge, attitude and behaviour about infertility among young people, to prevent risk factors which should threaten fertility of young people.455 non-medical and medical students participated to this study, by a simple random sampling method. Knowledge state of non-medical group about infertility management was lower than medical group. Participants of non-medical group (p = 0,041) had low knowledge about definition and causes than participants of medical group. 11,5% of female and 10,9% of male of non-medical group opted for Traditional-healer as first solution if treatment fails , none of medical group suggested this option. The first advice of respondents of non-medical was polygamy, adoption and divorce (P= 0,001). Respondents of medical (p= 0,038) had proposed to try fertility treatments more than once time if treatment fails. Government should increase efforts to improve knowledge about infertility for all scholar programs.
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