Overview
- First multidisciplinary book on reproductive health rights and assisted reproductive technologies in Africa
- Looks inwards to propose cultural dynamics solutions to reproductive and infertility challenges in Africa
- Compares reproductive health and ART developments from different countries within Africa
Part of the book series: Sustainable Development Goals Series (SDGS)
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About this book
This book focuses on reproductive health rights and assisted reproductive technologies (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa. Each chapter is connected to the other by focusing on different aspects of ART as a means of achieving conception.
Topics such as regulation of ART practices, surrogacy and specific aspects of ART, which are gradually becoming acceptable but largely unregulated in Africa, promises to be of interest to scholars, researchers and fertility practitioners. Research in the book take a rights based approach and ethical analysis of ART practice in sub-Saharan Africa by authors from diverse backgrounds bringing together law and society perspectives.
Readers stand to gain new knowledge on the societal, legal, medical and psychological requirements, effects and challenges of reproductive health rights and ART in the African context. The book is also relevant to UN Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being, given that it promotes and advocates for accessto reproductive healthcare for persons who have difficulty or are unable to conceive without medical assistance.Keywords
- Reproductive health in Africa
- Regulation of assisted reproductive technology in Africa
- Access to fertility treatments in Africa
- Surrogacy in Africa
- Options of infertile couples in Africa
- Right to procreate in Africa
- Assisted reproductive technology in Africa
- Reproductive technologies in Africa
- Reproductive health rights in Africa
- Having biological children in Africa
Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Reproductive Rights
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Abortion
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Assisted Reproductive Technologies
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Olanike S. Adelakun is an expert in the broad field of international law with specific interest in women’s rights and child protection. She is a lecturer at the American University of Nigeria and currently a visiting researcher at New York University School of Law. Her experience in preventing Gender Based Violence has led to a wide consultation and program implementation with UN organizations and government agencies. She has published widely in her fields of engagement.
Erebi Ndoni is licenced to practice law in Nigeria and a qualified Solicitor of England and Wales. She obtained a Doctorate degree in Law from the University of Dundee. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the American University of Nigeria with research focus on the diverse ways sustainable development intersects with natural resources, international trade, gender, social responsibility, disability, human rights, and the environment. She consults for UN Organizations to implement structured courses on Gender Based Violence. She has publications to her credit in areas that cut across her research interests.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Reproductive Health and Assisted Reproductive Technologies In Sub-Saharan Africa
Book Subtitle: Issues and Challenges
Editors: Olanike S. Adelakun, Erebi Ndoni
Series Title: Sustainable Development Goals Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2411-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-2410-3Published: 29 August 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-2413-4Due: 29 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-2411-0Published: 28 August 2023
Series ISSN: 2523-3084
Series E-ISSN: 2523-3092
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 323
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Medical Law, Reproductive Medicine, Health Policy