INDIA is home to 1 billion people, a third of whom are among the world's poorest. Kenya is in the grip of drought, with tens of thousands facing starvation. Nigeria is so racked with political corruption that 92 per cent of its population is forced to exist on less than $2 a day. All have desperate problems, with multiple charities trying to address them.
Now a new charity is hoping to provide what seems to be a surprising need in such populous, poverty-stricken nations
With up to a third of the world's poorest affected by infertility, a group of leading reproductive health scientists is working to assist women whose barrenness exposes them to ostracism and domestic violence in communities where a woman's status is often linked to her ability to bear children.
Dr Cooke, the voluntary chief executive of the Low CostFoundation, is applying for a European Union grant to set up trialfacilities to help couples in India, Indonesia, Uganda, Sri Lanka, Kenya and Nigeria. Although some of those nations have IVF services, the cost of treatment excludes most citizens.
Having been granted charitable organisation status in the US last month, meaning US donations will be tax deductible, the foundation organisers believe they are on the cusp of realising their vision.
Their plan is to attach clinics to existing hospitals that would provide a simplified, low-cost
service For the first one to two years as the system is trialled, wouldbe free. But, as the aim is for the clinics to be self-sustaining, those behind the scheme say the cost would eventually be from $300 to $500 a cycle.
Now a new charity is hoping to provide what seems to be a surprising need in such populous, poverty-stricken nations
With up to a third of the world's poorest affected by infertility, a group of leading reproductive health scientists is working to assist women whose barrenness exposes them to ostracism and domestic violence in communities where a woman's status is often linked to her ability to bear children.
Dr Cooke, the voluntary chief executive of the Low CostFoundation, is applying for a European Union grant to set up trialfacilities to help couples in India, Indonesia, Uganda, Sri Lanka, Kenya and Nigeria. Although some of those nations have IVF services, the cost of treatment excludes most citizens.
Having been granted charitable organisation status in the US last month, meaning US donations will be tax deductible, the foundation organisers believe they are on the cusp of realising their vision.
Their plan is to attach clinics to existing hospitals that would provide a simplified, low-cost
service For the first one to two years as the system is trialled, wouldbe free. But, as the aim is for the clinics to be self-sustaining, those behind the scheme say the cost would eventually be from $300 to $500 a cycle.
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