AFFORDABLE IVF FERTILITY TREATMENT AND HAVING HEALTHY BABIES FOR

AFFORDABLE IVF FERTILITY TREATMENT AND HAVING HEALTHY BABIES FOR HIV POSITIVE COUPLES

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For couples struggling to have a baby, IVF or in vitro fertility treatment is a potential solution – but it is exorbitantly expensive and usually out of reach for most middle class people, never mind those in lower income groups. Now the Gynecology and Obstetrics unit at Tygerberg Hospital headed up by fertility specialist Dr Thabo Matsaseng is offering affordable IVF to couples.

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