Aetiology and the diagnostic journey When 41-year-old Stefano began having trouble conceiving with his wife eight years ago, he thought the issues may be related to her, not him. Following a number of unsuccessful attempts, Stefano’s wife Sara decided to undergo specialized hormonal and gynaecological […]
Epidemiology of male infertility. Infertility is largely and unfairly thought to affect women. It is the woman that gets pregnant, or not in some cases, and it is the woman who often undergoes many of the infertility-related treatments. When a couple embarks on the in […]
Significant technological and scientific development over the last few years has shown that the EU’s framework on blood, tissues and cells (BTC legislation), adopted in 2002 and 2004, has not been a proper match to the rate of innovation in human tissue technologies. The industry […]
Fertility Europe was alerted by the member association Zachatie from Bulgaria that Regulation No.28/20.07.2007 of the Ministry of Health on the activities in the field of Medically Assisted Reproduction (MAR) got revoked, which results in leaving Bulgarian infertility patients deprived of its protection and guarantee […]
Re: Urgent call for equal access to fertility treatments across Europe Ms Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European CommissionMr Margaritis Schinas, Vice-President of the European Commission for Promoting or European Way of LifeMs Stella Kyriakides, European Commissioner for Health and Food SafetyMr Jens […]
Can you access fertility treatments when you need them? Today, across Europe, more than 25 million citizens are affected by infertility. Infertility can be defined as the failure to achieve a pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse. Infertility is much […]