In the past three decades, Brazil has undergone rapid changes in major social determinants
of health and in the organisation of health services. In this report, we examine how these …

BACKGROUND Worldwide more than 70 million couples suffer from infertility, the majority
being residents of developing countries. Negative consequences of childlessness are …

Worldwide, societal shifts and behavioural patterns exacerbated by unique developmental
vulnerabilities create a confluence of factors that place today's adolescents at heightened …

Nas últimas três décadas, o Brasil experimentou sucessivas transformações nos
determinantes sociais das doenças e na organização dos serviços de saúde. Neste artigo …

According to WHO data more than 180 million couples in developing countries suffer from
primary or secondary infertility. The social stigma of childlessness still leads to isolation and …

International responses to the outbreak of SARS, the spread of HIV/AIDS, and the promotion
of health as a human right all demonstrate how global politics have a profound effect on the …

Alongside the debate around clinical, scientific, and ethical aspects of assisted reproductive
technology (ART), there exists a parallel debate around the economics of ART treatment and …

Background In mature generalized human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemics, as
survival from accessing antiretroviral treatment (ART) increases, HIV prevalence data may …

Infertility is a universal problem with the highest prevalence in low-resource countries,
particularly in sub-Saharan Africa where infection-related tubal damage is the commonest …

Until very recently, the problem of infertility in developing countries has been ignored at all
levels of healthcare management. Because many preventable or treatable diseases still …