access to infertility services in middle east

Access to Infertility Services in Middle East

In the new millennium, health promotion and reducing mortality from infectious diseases in developing and developed countries necessitates more focus to other various aspects of human health, such as sexual and reproductive health. Over the past two decades, more attention has been paid to the prevention of infertility and providing equitable access to effective and safe infertility treatment t...

OrienTel - Multilingual access to interactive communication services for the Mediterranean and the Middle East

OrienTel is a project funded within the European Commission’s IST framework that focuses on collecting linguistic data for telephony-based IT applications across the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Languages covered in this SpeechDat-based project are Cypriote Greek, Turkish, Hebrew, different varieties of Arabic, French, English and German. Within the project’s lifetime of 30 months, starti...

Why Me? Male Infertility and Responsibility in the Middle East

Men in the contemporary Middle East suffer from high rates of male infertility, and are generally willing to acknowledge their reproductive impairments. ‘‘Taking responsibility’’ for infertility means seeking a diagnosis, trying assisted reproductive technologies, and engaging in a retrospective process of etiological assessment. Infertile Middle Eastern men’s etiological narratives reveal five...

Survey the Determinants of Access to Preventive Dental Services

Background and Aim: Military dentistry combines patient-centered care with public health views to create services agile and comprehensive. The effect of oral disease on military personnel can significantly damage the individual's operational ability. A significant concern of various countries in providing universal health coverage is access to dental services and oral health care, which require...

Cultural barriers in access to healthcare services for people with disability in Iran: A qualitative study

Background: People with disability experience various problems to access to healthcare services. This study aimed to identify cultural barriers in access to healthcare services for people with disability in Iran.    Methods: We conducted a qualitative study using content analysis to identify the cultural barriers.  We used semi-structured interviews to collect data. Participants...

Patient Access to Cancer Drugs in Nine Countries in the Middle East