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Assisted reproductive technology in Australia and the United Kingdom
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Uptake of IVF and related technologies has increased exponentially throughout the developed world over the last two decades and births after assisted reproductive technology (ART) make a significant contribution to the total birth rate of many countries.
However, two major problems continue to impede progress in many settings, namely safety (mainly the impact of multiple births after multiple embryo transfer on the health of the children resulting from ART), and accessibility, with high costs of treatment preventing many couples from being able to pay to use this technology.
BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): The Total Ferility Rate (TFR) in Thailand has dropped to 1.51 children per woman or below 600,000 newborns per year, Prof Kamthorn Pruksananonda, from the Royal Thai College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologist, said recently.
According to the World Health Organisation, the TFR level should stand at 2.1. If it is lower than that then there will be two problems: A quickly ageing society and an influx of migrant workers.
“Previously, the total fertility rate in Japan stood at 1.6, and a national leader said this would be the end of the Japanese race. Though the government introduced many measures, the birth rate in the country is still falling.
Building a robust healthcare system
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With better governance, northern States can bring their health systems on a par with southern States
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With better governance, northern States can bring their health systems on a par with southern States
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been vociferous demands to strengthen the country’s public health system. Many erudite articles have stressed the need to revamp the system quickly so that we are better prepared to handle such emergencies in the future. Once the present crisis is over, however, public health will go into oblivion, as usual. Governments are already behaving as if things are fine and enough has been done on the health front.