KMC, Manipal facilitates IVF training to African doctors

MANIPAL: Eleven doctors from Africa completed their IVF Embryology training programme at KMC Manipal through the ‘Merck more than a Mother’ campaign initiated by Merck Foundation. The training is to help them address infertility issues in the African nation.

“While both - man and woman - are equally contributing to the causes of infertility, it is only a woman who suffers from the trauma caused due to infertility’’ said Dr HS Ballal, Pro Chancellor of MAHE while addressing the African doctors. ‘’As the opportunities are very limited, the initiative taken by Manipal is immensely helping to shape our career path in IVF and to help the needy in our country” said Dr Evans Kofi Agbeno, Gynecologist from Ghana, who received IVF Embryology training in Manipal.
“To address the lack of trained and skilled health professionals in this area, KMC is aiming to scale up the Embryology training program to the other countries.’’ said Dr Sharath Rao, Dean of KMC Manipal. “So far about 70 Embryologists and Gynecologists from 21 African countries have received training in Manipal and now helping people in their countries’’ said Dr Satish Adiga, Coordinator of the training programme. The African doctors who completed the training received certificates from Vasanthi R Pai, Trustee, Manipal Academy of Higher Education on Thursday.