IVF demand surges in Kenya but the high cost locks out many couples

Derleen Mogire a Genetics Scientist at Nairobi IVF Centre conducts a health screening of blood samples on September 25, 2025.

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Kenya's fertility industry is now one of the country's fastest-growing specialised healthcare markets, with over 15 established in vitro fertilisation (IVF) centres now operating nationwide, up from just a handful two decades ago.

IVF is a form of assisted reproductive technology where a woman's egg and a man's sperm are combined in a laboratory and the resultant embryo is then transferred into the uterus to establish a pregnancy.

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