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Destigmatize Infertility
(Van Balen and Gerrits2001)
Public Education
Raise awarenessabout male infertility
Avoid blaming the (female) victim
Male infertility isNOTthe same assexual impotence
Public ‘coming out’ of infertile people
“From the moment we had told our story on TV, the agony stopped. There was nothing left to gossip about.” (Ghanaian infertile man)
Support infertile women and men
(Gerrits et al 2017, Van Balen and Gerrits 2001; Bos et al, 2018)
Set up infertility support groups
“I feel very comfortable, because we are sharing problems. You see, you are not the only one, there are other people. Even when you see that someone is pregnant, you see that there is hope. Even though she may have not gone through the IVF, but you see there is hope. There is support, they can’t abuse you, no, because you have met each other through this [support group], you talk, you share and pass information, I think that is good”. (Kenyan woman, 42 years old)
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