Infertility, culture and stigma in South Africa
Filmmaker Molatelo Mainetje-Bossman speaks about the social and cultural side of infertility in African communities, including silence, stigma and family expectations.
Antega South Africa · Learning Videos
A short laboratory demonstration of specialist sperm processing, as used for therapeutic sperm preparation and viral decontamination.
This is a laboratory teaching clip rather than a patient film. It shows the specialist sperm-washing step used before IUI, IVF or ICSI, and in viral decontamination for couples where one partner is living with a blood-borne infection.
Recorded for training purposes at an academic laboratory. Your clinic will explain which preparation method applies to your own treatment.
Use these guides for general background, and check the South Africa organisations named on this page for local detail.
Filmmaker Molatelo Mainetje-Bossman speaks about the social and cultural side of infertility in African communities, including silence, stigma and family expectations.
Dr Tasneem Mohamed, obstetrician and gynaecologist at BioART Fertility Centre, sets out how infertility is investigated and what the first round of tests looks for.
Dr Lusanda Shimange-Matsose, a South African reproductive endocrinology and infertility specialist, discusses how widely infertility affects couples and why both partners need assessment.
This video was produced by University of Pretoria — Reproductive Biology Laboratory, Steve Biko Academic Hospital and is shared for education only. It is not medical advice and does not replace guidance from your own doctor or fertility clinic. Naming an organisation does not imply a partnership with Antega.