Lagos to host conference on fertility

The association for Fertility and Reproductive Health (AFRH) Nigeria will hold its eighth international conference in Lagos this month, with the theme: New Frontiers in Assisted Reproductive Technology (A.R.T)

Participants from different facets of medicine will be coming into Nigeria from the United Kingdom, United States, Asia, Europe and other African countries.

L-R: CO-Chairman of Local Organising Committee, Association for  Fertility and Reproductive Health, (AFRH) Mrs. Abiola Adewusi; Chairman of Local Organising Committee (AFRH), Dr. Abayomi Ajayi; President, (AFRH) Dr. Faye Iketubosin and Vice- Chairman (LOC) (AFRH) during the media briefing on the (AFRH) 2018 conference in Lagos.

Obstetricians, gynaecologists, surgeons, embryologists, ultra-sonographers, health regulators, as well as other support service industries are expected at the epoch event

According to the local organising chairman of the conference, Dr. Abayomi Ajayi, “the conference will explore the integration of innovative technology in treatment option being offered by practitioners and impact knowledge to participants from masters of various fields of specialisation in reproductive medicine.”

 Ajayi stated that there are about 12 million infertile persons in the country which is about ten percent of the total population, “so to this set of people, any form of access to effective treatment is priority. It is their valid or legitimate right in a democratic society like ours to have this right to life’s treatment. Also the Nigerian cultural background of social isolation for infertile couples has made Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) practice in the country pertinent.”