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GLOBAL ACCESS TO ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGIES: HURDLES AND OPPORTUNITIES
SUNDAY, 23 JUNE 2019
Organised by the Special Interest Groups Ethics and
Law and Global and Socio cultural aspects of (in)fertility)
Course coordination
Willem Ombelet (Belgium), Françoise Shenfield (United Kingdom), Lucy Frith (United Kingdom), Guido Pennings (Belgium)
Course type
Basic
Course description
This course will look at access to artificial reproductive technologies (ARTs) and how cost and funding mechanisms influence the practice and the choices of those wishing to use ARTs. It will put these issues in a wider global context and examine the regulatory, socio- cultural and ethical aspects of access to ARTs. It will specifically consider: the prevalence
of infertility, and the consequences of infertility in Africa, costing policies for ARTs, how reimbursement policies impact on access to treatment, and the implications of cross-border infertility care.
Finally, the course will address wider considerations on the meaning of parenthood and why people chose to use ARTs, and cross-cultural understandings of what it means to be a parent.
Target audience
Clinicians, laboratory staff, embryologists, fertility nurses, counsellors, regulators, ethicists.
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