{"id":303901,"date":"2017-03-22T16:59:12","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T16:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=303901"},"modified":"2017-03-22T16:59:12","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T16:59:12","slug":"infertility-is-a-problem-for-men-and-women-prof-erica-marsh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=303901","title":{"rendered":"Infertility is a problem for men and women – Prof. Erica Marsh"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Chief of the University of Michigan, USA, Professor Erica Marsh, has emphasized that infertility is not only a women\u2019s problem but men\u2019s as well.<\/p>\n

The issue of infertility is a serious challenge in Ghana and Africa in general, as far as marriage between a man and woman is concerned, where most often only women are blamed by in-laws especially.<\/p>\n

Professor Erica Marsh made the observation when the Family Health Medical School organized a Continuous Professional Development (CPD) event for doctors, medical students\u00a0and other health personnel.<\/p>\n

\"img_20170320_153348\"<\/p>\n

According to her, the problem of infertility affects both men and women and that it is lack of education that makes society always blame women.<\/p>\n

“Sometimes it is from women and sometimes, it is from men,” She stated.<\/p>\n

Other speakers at the event included Prof. Kwawukume, founder, Family Health University College, Prof. Timothy Johnson, University of Michigan, USA and Prof. Charles C. Mate-Kole, University of Ghana, Legon.<\/p>\n

\"img_20170320_152743\"<\/p>\n

Professor Erica Marsh pointed out that, infertility is an important issue that needs serious attention, adding that it causes a lot of problems in marriage.<\/p>\n

She therefore tasked health professionals to educate people about the causes of infertility in order to change the mindset of the general public.<\/p>\n

Prof. Marsh mentioned that the factors that lead to infertility are many, including fibroid, age, genetics, injuries among others.<\/p>\n

She added that the decision to have children depends on both partners through medical checkup.<\/p>\n

\"img_20170320_152959\"<\/p>\n

Blame game on the part of couples, she said\u00a0should be stopped, and urged the society to also desist from pointing fingers towards women for being infertile.<\/p>\n

Prof. Kwawukume noted that, anytime there is an issue of infertility between couples, only the women attend medical checkup while the men seem unconcerned with the excuse of being healthy.<\/p>\n

Prof. Mate-Kole on his part added that, families of couples, especially that of men, should stop apportioning blame to their in-laws for her infertility as it can equally come from the man.<\/p>\n

He talked about the cultural and religious issues, and the effects it has on the infertile couple and how this can be looked at holistically.<\/p>\n

Prof. Mate-Kole also elaborated on some research protocols which will be held at Family Health Hospital on infertility in the society.<\/p>\n

Prof. Timothy Johnson said the best solution to the issue of infertility is for both couples to go for medical checkup together.<\/p>\n

Family Health Medical School is the Premier Private Medical School in Ghana that aims to train medical doctors who will provide good medical care to all and sundry.<\/p>\n

The school also aims at improving the doctor\/patient ratio in Ghana, address the shortage of critical health personnel; create vacancies for prospective Ghanaians and foreign nationals who want to pursue medical training in Ghana, and also replace existing medical personnel who are leaving active service due to attrition.<\/p>\n

The Medical School\u2019s mission is to lead in advancing human health through innovative research, clinical care and the education of tomorrow\u2019s leaders in medicine within a culture that supports critical thinking, inclusion, diversity and innovation.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Chief of the University of Michigan, USA, Professor Erica Marsh, has emphasized that infertility is not only a women\u2019s problem but men\u2019s as well. The issue of infertility is a serious challenge in Ghana and Africa in general, as far as marriage between a man and woman is concerned, where […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,11],"tags":[5381,3,5382,5383],"class_list":["post-303901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-top-stories","tag-family-health-medical","tag-ghana-news","tag-infertility","tag-prof-erica-marsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=303901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303901\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=303901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=303901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=303901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}