Infertility, a common experience among women and men worldwide, remains on the margins
of public health and medicine in low-resource settings. Previous studies identified …

Malawian women in all sectors of society are suffering from social implications of unwanted
pregnancy and unsafe abortion. Unwanted pregnancies occur among women who have …

Background Infertility is a major medical condition that affects many married couples in sub-
Saharan African and as such associated with several social meanings. This study therefore …

There has been very little documentation of the social meaning given to infertility in many
developing countries, including Nigeria, where the prevalence of infertility is known to be …

Background Stigma related to abortion and contraceptive use is a serious public health
threat for young people, and validated scales to measure this stigma are scarce. The …

Background There is an increasing awareness that infertility in Sub-Saharan Africa
constitutes a severe social and public health problem. Few of the existing studies on …

Background Infertility remains a major clinical and social problem, affecting approximately
one in every 10 couples. It is a reproductive health condition that is silently experienced with …

Introduction Infertility in Sub-Saharan Africa constitutes an important social and public health
problem. Yet, there is a paucity of research on the experiences of men living with infertility …

Background Infertility is detrimental to the health of married couples, especially women.
Despite the consequences associated with the condition, little is done to reduce the …

Introduction Women with infertility have different experiences that determine the quality of
their psychosocial health. Cultural constructions of infertility in Africa have made the …