Health Campaign: 5th Year of Merck on bringing Fertility Awareness in PH!!!
Merck Philippines understands the heartaches of couples who can't concieve a child on their own. So, they are committed on this campaign called "Bridging Baby Steps,” that aims to continue education on infertility and raise awareness about the in-vitro fertilization (IVF) methods available in the country through seminars and information dissemination. So, let us defined, Infertility. In accordance with, World Health Organization (WHO), "its a disease of the reproductive system defined by the failure to achieve a clinical pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse.” Unfortunately, 15% of our population are suffering from fertility problems. Turning Dreams to Reality According to Synovate survey in 2011, it shows that one out of 10 Filipinos are suffering from infertility. There are different factors that affect a couple’s ability to procreate such as socio-cultural practices, including the marrying age, educational status,...