{"id":4438,"date":"2024-10-02T12:09:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T12:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4438"},"modified":"2024-10-02T12:09:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T12:09:48","slug":"university-students-in-kenya-turn-to-egg-donation-for-financial-gain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4438","title":{"rendered":"University Students in Kenya Turn to Egg Donation for Financial Gain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>South African Correspondent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nairobi, Kenya &#8211; A rising number of young women, particularly university students, are donating their eggs to fertility clinics, driven by financial incentives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This trend is linked to the growing acceptance of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) as a path to parenthood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The number of university girls seeking to &#8216;sell their eggs&#8217; has increased significantly since we opened our clinic in 2022,&#8221; says Dr. Sarita Sukhija, consultant gynecologist and fertility expert at Myra Fertility Clinic in Westlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although selling eggs or sperm is illegal, young donors are taking advantage of reimbursement for expenses incurred during donation. Fertility experts estimate that approximately 20% of couples face fertility challenges, making egg donation their only hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve seen an influx of calls from young women, mostly university students, inquiring about egg donation,&#8221; Dr. Sukhija notes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;While egg donation should be altruistic, the financial aspect has become a significant draw.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key Points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Growing number of university students donating eggs for financial gain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>20% of couples face fertility challenges, making egg donation a viable option<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IVF acceptance fuels egg donation trend<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Selling eggs or sperm is illegal, but reimbursement for expenses is permitted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Sukhija emphasizes the importance of ensuring donors&#8217; physical and emotional well-being through thorough screening and counseling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources<br>Myra FertiliClinicnic<br>Kenya Fertility Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News\u00a92024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African Correspondent Nairobi, Kenya &#8211; A rising number of young women, particularly university students, are donating their eggs to fertility clinics, driven by financial incentives. This trend is linked&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4440,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4438\/revisions\/4440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}