Kenya: Test-Tube Babies Study Grinds to a Halt
(sz) The operations of a Government-appointed task force that was expected to collect views on making test-tube babies technology more accessible and affordable to Kenya’s childless couples have stalled.
It has emerged that efforts by the team on Regulatory Framework for Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) to complete the study were hampered by lack of funds. The development dashes hopes of thousands of infertile couples who were waiting for the findings.
The in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) technology is widely used in the developed world and involves the fertilisation of an ovum in a laboratory and the transplanting of the resulting embryo into the womb.
The team led by Dr Reuben Kamau - appointed by former Health Minister Charity Ngilu in April - started collecting public views in August. It was expected to submit its findings by end of that month.
But according to Samson Wanjala, a University of Nairobi lecturer and a member of the team, the committee could not finish collecting views in all provinces due to financial constraints. more…
From: »AllAfrica.com«