Infertility services integrated within the maternal health department of a public hospital in a low-income country, Rwanda.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the initiation, integration, and costs of reduced-cost infertility services within the maternal health department of a public hospital in a low-income country.

Design

Retrospective review of the clinical and laboratory components of patients undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment in Rwanda from 2018 to 2020.

Setting

Academic tertiary referral hospital in Rwanda.

Patients

Patients seeking infertility services beyond the primary gynecological options.

Interventions

The national government furnished facilities and personnel, and the Rwanda Infertility Initiative, an international nongovernmental organization, provided training, equipment, and materials. The incidence of retrieval, fertilization, embryo cleavage, transfer, an

SUBMITTER: Oskowitz SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10310971 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature