Rising โฃInfertility Rates & advancements in Tanzanian Fertility Care
Dr.Nayana Patel,a โworld-renowned โคIVF specialist,recently emphasized the critical need forโข completeโฃ reproductive health education,starting โin schools adn universities. A key concern she highlighted is the lack of awareness among young womenโ regarding the โขnatural decline โคin egg quality as they approach their 40s,and the potential โchallenges of conceiving after childbirth. Dr.โ Patel advocates for open conversations about these issues to empower informed decision-making.
Education shouldโข extend to both male and female students, notably those with family histories of fertility complications, as aโฃ proactive step towards lowering infertilityโ rates. โContributing factors to infertility, according toโ dr.Patel, include โคsmoking and the โฃprevalence of infections, specifically sexually transmittedโ and terminal infections, impacting both menโฃ and women.
Secondary infertility – difficulty conceiving after a โฃprevious pregnancy – is aโ meaningful issue in Africa, often linked to tubalโ blockages resulting from miscarriages or deliveries. Fibroids โalso pose a major health โขconcern, particularly for African women. โSpecialists recommend early detection and laparoscopic surgery for fibroids, โคas this approach yields better โขreproductive outcomes compared to open procedures. Dr.Patel encourages women to consider starting families earlier in life due โto the increased risk of fibroids with age.
Looking at โคthe Tanzanian landscape, Dr. Patel expressed optimism. “Tanzania is progressingโค well and moving inโ the right direction,” she stated, noting theโค country’s potential to exceed its neighbors by strengthening training for gynecologists and increasingโฃ awareness of innovative fertility treatments.
Dr. Madhav Hirani, Medical Director at nulife, an IVF specialist and laparoscopic surgeon, reported a consistentโฃ increase in couples seeking fertility care at their center, withโฃ hundreds of โฃpatients treated annually. Over the past five years, โNuLife has facilitated over โฃ500 pregnancies, a โsuccess attributed to โคincreased service utilization and growing expertise.
The clinic currentlyโข boasts an averageโ success rate of 65%, โคpositioning it as a โคleadingโ fertility provider in Tanzania.This โคtrend, according โto Dr. Hirani, reflects both earlier patientโ referrals and โขgrowing trust inโฃ local IVF and fertility services.โ “our outcomes show that success is possible when patients โcome early and receive the right treatment,” he emphasized.
NuLife services Tanzania has invested in advanced reproductive technologies toโข expand treatmentโข options and improveโฃ success rates. These โinclude Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI),a technique that directly enhances โคthe likelihood of egg-sperm fusion,and alsoโข rejuvenation techniques utilizing platelet-rich plasma and exosomes. Furthermore, the center employs pre-implantation genetic testing (PGT), which Dr.Hirani explained โ”drasticallyโ improves success, reduces miscarriage risks and helps prevent โmajor genetic diseases at the โฃembryonic stage.”