Infertility and migraine in midwest Niger-Delta region.

The editorial on infertility and Women’s Reproductive Health in Africa1 in the African Journal of Reproductive Health Vol. 3. No. 1 (May) 1999 refers. The importance of the issues raised are becoming more and more relevant in our experience practicing ophthalmology in Warri town the major urban centre in mid-west Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Amongst other things, the article pointed out that infertility exists in Africa including Nigeria, which has more than 800,000 couples with fertility problems. That high birth rate in the continent does not automatically translate to high fertility rate and that the high birth rate does not mean there is no problem with infertility. The article also enumerated the effect of infertility on reproductive health including prevalence and transmission of HIV/ AIDS infection, the short and long-term consequences and the way forward including specific community based intervention programmes and intrgraation into other women health programmes. In our practice in the Niger Delta we have noticed some other cause and