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Government policies regarding fertility awareness
Pre‐2012 Feb 2012 May 2013 Aug 2013 Mar 2015
TV program addresses age‐ related decline in fertility
Female age‐limit of 42 for assisted reproductive technology (ART) subsidy introduced
Government advisory board proposes women’s health handbook
Policy outlines describe fertility awareness and life‐planning  Government sets numerical
knowledge target score of
70% on the Cardiff Fertility Knowledge scale in 2020
Age and fertility treated as “social taboos” and addressed only by grass‐ root efforts from ob‐gyn professionals
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Government policies regarding fertility awareness
Pre‐2012 Feb 2012 May 2013 Aug 2013
TV program addresses age‐ related decline in fertility
Age and fertility treated as “social taboos” and addressed only by grass‐ root efforts from ob‐gyn professionals
Government advisory board proposes women’s health handbook
Female age‐limit of 42 for assisted reproductive technology (ART) subsidy introduced
Policy outlines describe fertility awareness and life‐planning  Government sets numerical
knowledge target score of
70% on the Cardiff Fertility Knowledge scale in 2020
Supplementary high school health textbook includes “age and fertility”
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