We mark International Infertility Awareness Week 2018 with a short film celebrating the role that the Kanyaleng play in supporting childless women and breaking taboos about infertility in The Gambia, West Africa. The Kanyaleng are women who all have in…
The Kanyaleng of Madina Salam
In many African countries, having children is of out most importance. Women who can’t get pregnant, miscarry of whose babies die carry a great burden. They face ridicule, humiliation and rejection from family members and villagers. Their husbands may divorce…
Women’s Health Care Volunteers In Africa
Dimbayaa is currently recruiting women’s health care volunteers to bridge this ‘infertility divide’ by delivering infertility awareness and prevention initiatives that will address the medical, financial, social and emotional problems of African women tortured by the silent agony of childlessness. In…
Safe Haven Gambia Fertility March 2017
Skye Bank Gambia limited in partnership with The Gambia’s Safe Haven Foundation held an Infertility Awareness campaign on 14th October 2017, with a walk from Traffic lights along Kairaba Avenue to West field monument. Safe Haven has a vision to…
Dimbayaa in The Point Newspaper
Tuesday, January 09, 2018 Infertility (Childlessness) In Women & the Impact of Infertility in Africa A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR GAMBIA’S CHILDLESS WOMEN The problem of infertility (unwanted childlessness) has long been a neglected health issue for many organizations working…
Safe Haven Foundation In The Gambia
Safe Haven Foundation is a non-profit organization driven by its mandate to support women through their fertility journey. They focus on providing support to women dealing with Infertility, and repeated Miscarriages. Participants find it helpful to learn new coping skills,…
The Walking Egg in the Economist Magazine
A very interesting article in the Economist about the Walking Egg Low Cost IVF Treatment in Africa Can IVF be made cheaper? Experts see two ways to try. The first is to cut the use of drugs, tests or procedures…
Pan African Approach Towards Improving Access To Fertility Care in Africa
A wonderful article by Suzan Ironsi in the Leadership Nigeria The empowerment of infertile women in the continent, and support of government’s policies to regulate fertility care in Nigeria, Kenya, and Uganda is at the fore of the Merck’s Group, “Merck…
Association of Childless Couples of Ghana (ACCOG)
The cost of In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) popularly referred to as ‘Artificial Insemination’ in Ghana has been significantly dropped from GH¢9,000 to GH¢500. According to Association of Childless Couples of Ghana (ACCOG), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) established in July 2012 to…
International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS)
At the Sixth World Conference held in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1968, the International Federation of Fertility Societies (IFFS) was born. The International Fertility Association remained as an affiliate to represent members with no national society. A constitution and by-laws…