Nigeria

Nigeria Information Region Africa Population 148000000 GDP (millions USD) 166778 National Policies Eggs for assisted reproduction ? Eggs for research ? Inheritable genetic modification ? Preimplantation genetic diagnosis ? Reproductive cloning ? Research cloning ? Sex selection ? Surrogacy ? International Agreements 2005 UN Cloning Vote no vote 2005 UNESCO Sports Doping Convention RATIFIED

Key laws and policies

Nigeria does not appear to have national laws or policies specific to the practices currently falling within the scope of BioPolicyWiki.

History

• “Infertility affects 20% of couples in Nigeria. Assisted reproductive techniques (ART) offered in Nigeria include in vitro fertilization (IVF), gamete donation, and surrogacy” (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25022149).

• Surrogacy is as yet unregulated, but calls have been made to address this.
  • See for example:
    • http://nials-nigeria.org/PDFs/SORROGATE.pdf
    • http://www.ajmhs.org/article.asp?issn=2384-5589;year=2014;volume=13;issue=2;spage=105;epage=109;aulast=Umeora