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Hum. Reprod. Advance Access originally published online on June 20, 2009
Human Reproduction 2009 24(9):2379-2380; doi:10.1093/humrep/dep219
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© The Author 2009. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

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International estimates on infertility prevalence and treatment seeking: potential need and demand for medical care

S.J. Dyer

Reproductive Medicine Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Groote Schuur Hospital and Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Observatory 7925, South Africa

E-mail: silke.dyer@uct.ac.za

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Sir,

A recent literature search on infertility prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa brought the article entitled ‘International estimates on infertility prevalence and treatment seeking: potential need and demand for medical care’ to my attention (Boivin et al., 2007Go). The article was published under ‘New Debate’ in this journal. Following a literature review of population based studies, the authors concluded that the 12-month infertility prevalence did not differ between more and less developed countries with an estimated overall median prevalence of 9%. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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