Rationale- Background

Infertility is a global reproductive health problem: it has been estimated that 8 to 12 % of the couples worldwide are infertile. The large majority of child-less couples are residents of developing countries (DC). A silent population of more than 180 million couples worldwide is facing the consequences of childlessness day by day (Rutstein and Iqbal, 2004; Boivin et al., 2007). The infertility experience has significant negative effects on the individual woman and man as well as the couple and the broader family (Greil, 1997). Consequences of infertility are numerous: stress, depression, low-self esteem, guilt, marital problems, and sexual problems. So far infertile people in the Western countries and the resource-poor countries have something in common. However the differ-ences are emerging mainly for two reasons: (a) socio cultural values surrounding procreation and The Walking Egg Project: Universal access to infertility care – from dream to realit