IVF can cost up to 2.5 million CFA francs in Senegal
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Lesoleil
In Senegal, a round of in vitro fertilisation with micro-injection can cost up to 2.5 million CFA francs, while medicines account for nearly 800,000 CFA francs, according to obstetrician-gynaecologist Philippe Moreira of Dalal Jamm Hospital. These costs, which are not covered by insurance or health insurance institutions, were discussed at a workshop in Dakar organised by the Association of Health Journalists and the Directorate of Maternal and Child Health, Le Soleil reports.
A round of in vitro fertilisation with micro-injection can cost up to 2.5 million CFA francs in Senegal, according to Professor Philippe Moreira, an obstetrician-gynaecologist at Dalal Jamm Hospital in Guédiawaye. He gave this figure at a workshop opened in Dakar on Thursday 15 October by the Directorate of Maternal and Child Health and the Association of Health, Population and Development Journalists.
Discussions focused on the need to provide the public with better information and improve infertility care. The workshop was scheduled to last two days.
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