Insured couples to receive free in vitro fertilisation in Moldova
19:08 | 22.12.2016 Category: Social
Chisinau, 22 December /MOLDPRES/ – The insured couples will receive a free in vitro fertilisation (IVF), according to legislative changes adopted in the final reading today by Parliament.
The new provisions will allow couples in which both partners are sure to benefit from an in vitro fertilization covered by compulsory health insurance.
The proposed amendments provide possibility to couples which do not have sufficient financial resources, but are otherwise fit medically to benefit from assisted human reproduction services. However, the project involves increasing the attractiveness of compulsory medical insurance and taxpayers' rights on access to in vitro fertilization service.
According to estimates, Moldova has about 140 thousands of couples which suffer from some form of infertility. At the same time, over the past few years it has been a tendency of continuous reduction of total fertility rate of population.
(Reporter A. Plitoc, editor A. Raileanu)