Increasing male infertility in Nigeria concerns health authorities

Countries like Denmark and Japan, too, are suffering from this increasing physiological crisis and hence pointing towards an ailing and falling population in the world.

Raising an alarm on the increase in male infertility in Nigeria by the Managing Director of Nordica Fertility Center, Lagos Dr. Abayomi Ajayi said that the “male factor” has become responsible for the exponentially rising cases of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF).

Dr. Ajayi is an expert of the Intracytoplasmic Morphologically Selected Injection (IMSI) in Nigeria and commenting on the issue said that campaigns to educate the men and urging them to live healthily is a way out of it.

He revealed statistics of studies done in his clinic where he found about 12 percent of the men that came to him have no sperm at all. In spite of the statistics he provided, he noted the lack of a national statistical figure o the issues and said that efforts are ongoing to get a national percentage soon.

Countries like Denmark and Japan, too, are suffering from this increasing physiological crisis and hence pointing towards an ailing and falling population in the world.

Dr. Ajayi mentioned an advanced technology, which can differentiate between a normal and an abnormal sperm (Morphological Selection).

He also cleared that a national statistical figure is difficult to obtain because the result of an IVF procedure depends upon the quality of the egg provided by the female. Therefore, even if the male condition is treated, the result can only be positive if the female input is a healthy one.