Forbes December 12, 2025
The World Health Organization recently released its first-ever global guidelines to prevent, diagnose and treat infertility.
Globally, approximately 1 in 6 people of reproductive age will experience infertility at some point in their lifetimes — 13.4% of U.S. women aged 15 to 49 grapple with the issue, according to estimates from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics — and fertility rates are falling worldwide.
At the same time, access to needed care and support is hard to come by, especially for women of color and those with a lack of health insurance coverage or the ability to pay for the expensive fertility services out-of-pocket.
What the WHO Guidelines Do And Do Not Address
The WHO defines infertility as the...
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