Citing the Nairobi case, local doctors say an increase of genetic defects has been noted in babies conceived through Assisted Reproductive Techniques or ART. The first test-tube babies, two girls to different families, in Kenya were born on May 8 2006, at Avenue Hospital in Nairobi. The media, working on figures posted on the Internet by the Nairobi IVF Centre, which pioneered the technology in Kenya estimate there are about 2,000 test tube children in the country. The Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill 2016 may cure some of these outstanding problems. The Bill proposes the establishment of the Assisted Reproductive Technology Authority that will keep a register of all people born of the technology.

Source: Standard Digital May 06, 2017 20:48 UTC