Reproductive Health and Assisted Reproductive Technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa: Issues and Challenges - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9819924103 ISBN 13 : 9789819924103

Editeur : Springer Verlag, Singapore, 2023

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer Verlag, Singapore
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9819924103
• ISBN 13: 9789819924103
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 346
• Éditeur: Adelakun Olanike S., Ndoni Erebi
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