"MERCK MORE THAN A MOTHER" ADDRESSES INFERTILITY CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS IN AFRICA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH IFFS

NEW DELHI, India, Nov 4 (Bernama-GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merck (http://www.MerckGroup.com), a leading science and technology company, through "Merck More than a Mother" (www.MerckMoreThanaMother.com) in partnership with the International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS) conducted a panel to address infertility challenges and solutions in Africa at the IFFS World Congress in New Delhi, India. The ministers, parliamentarians and global fertility experts highlighted lack of access to regulated fertility care and awareness about infertility management and stigma of infertile women as key challenges. The panel supported improving access to regulated fertility care by developing ART regulations; empowering infertile women through education and information; training African embryologists and removing the infertility stigma to create a culture shift and change of mind-set. http://mrem.bernama.com/viewsm.php?idm=27870