Nigeria Records Reverse Medical Tourism as Foreigners Seek IVF, Experts Say
• IVF cheaper in Nigeria despite high treatment costs • Experts seek regulation, insurance coverage, local production of fertility drugs Sunday Aborisade in Abuja Nigeria is increasingly attracting fertility patients
Nigeria is attracting fertility patients from Africa and the global diaspora due to lower IVF and assisted reproductive treatment costs, experts say. The development is termed "reverse medical tourism" by fertility professionals, who praised Nigeria's growing capacity to provide advanced reproductive treatments despite high drug costs and reliance on imports.
They called for better regulation, more research funding, local drug production, and insurance coverage to make fertility care more accessible to Nigerians struggling with infertility.
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