2024
1st AFFS Conference, Tunis, Tunisia
April 25 to 27 Nearly 700 delegates from 22 countries came together in Tunis to participate in the 1st conference of the African Federation of
NEW: ART Factsheets for Patients
ANARA and REDLARA, the Latin American Registry and Network for ART have jointly generated five fact sheets to provide women and men
2023
ANARA-REDLARA Cooperation features in lectures in Brazil and Colombia
ANARA-REDLARA Cooperation features in the opening lecture of the 25th Brazilian Congress on Assisted Reproduction and 15th Red Latinoamericana de Reproducción Assistida, held in
Launch of the ANARA Advanced Data Course
March 2023 saw the inauguration of our advanced level Data Course with 14 participants from 8 countries. Building on the foundations of our
2022
ICMART invites new regional representative and special advisor from Africa.
The International Committee for Monitoring ART has invited Professsor
Eponymous Patrick Steptoe Memorial Lecture, Fertility 2022, UK evokes the story of ART in Africa and the global need for equitable ART
In a lecture dedicated to Mr Patrick Steptoe, one of
2021
ANARA Data Online Course Launched
Since the Covid-19 pandemic forced us into the virtual space, we developed an online course in data collection and utilization for embryologists, nurses, data
2020
May 2020 – October 2021
And then the Covid-19 pandemic unfolded, altering every corner of our continent, affecting all people, and sadly ending millions of human lives around the
ANARA Hello
Dear Friends and Colleagues, With COVID-19 reported from every African country in our Network, this is a brief message to reach out
21 – 25 February 2020 SHRES Congress: Sudan ART centres engage with ANARA
21 - 25 February 2020 SHRES Congress: Sudan ART centres engage with ANARA On the occasion of the 12th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Sudan
2019
Fertility Africa Meeting 2020 Announcement (French)
FAM2020 French Au nom de SASREG, ANARA et AFS, je suis ravi de partager avec vous la brochure de la conférence sur la Fertility Africa
Fertility Africa Meeting 2020 Announcement (English)
FAM2020 English This landmark congress will bring together delegates from all corners of the African continent and will meet the interests of medical specialists,
ANARA Newsletter
ANARA Newsletter Ed 4 ANARA newsletter has been circulated within our network; and for inter-network connectivity, to leaders of other reproductive networks in Africa and
6 to 8 October 2019 – 7th International GIERAF Congress, Douala Cameroon
ANARA was proudly represented at the 7th International Congress of Groupe Interafricain d’Etude, de Recherche et d’Application sur la Fertilité (GIERAF) in Douala, Cameroon by
16 and 17 September 2019 – Ghana ART centres engage with ANARA. 18 to 20 September 2019 – FERSOG Conference, Accra, Ghana.
ANARA team members Dr Paversan Archary and Liezel Potgieter visited 10 ART centres in Accra, Tema and Kumasi. Acquaintances were made, friendships forged and ANARA’s
ART utilization: Indicator of access to infertility care
Africa is again represented in the 2015 ICMART World Report presented by Dr David Adamson, chair of ICMART, at the annual conference of
ESHRE Conference, Vienna, Austria
Leaders of Reproductive Networks in Africa meet at the ESHRE conference in Vienna to strengthen relationships and discuss regional collaboration. In a very successful
May 2019 – Kenya ART centres engage with ANARA
Clinical and laboratory directors of ART centres in Nairobi engaged with national, anonymous data collection in Kenya as the ANARA director visited all ART centres
Data Collection 2015-2017
ICMART, the International Committee Monitoring ART, issues its global call for 2015 registry data. ANARA commences data collection simultaneously for the years 2015, 2016
ANARA Newsletter
ANARA Newsletter Ed 3 The 3rd edition of the ANARA newsletter is circulated within our network; and for inter-network connectivity to leaders of other reproductive
March 8-10: AFOG Conference, Cotonou, Benin
At the 3rd conference of the African Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dr Ibrahim Wada (President of AFRH), Moise Fiadjoe (President of GIERAF),
The ANARA Inaugural Report is published in Reproductive BioMedicine Online
The ANARA Inaugural Report is published in Reproductive BioMedicine Online. The paper is accompanied by an Editorial from the Chief
South-South Registry collaboration
The Directors of the Latin American Registry and ANAR (Fernando Zegers-Hochschild and Silke Dyer) together with their small operational teams agree to freely share each-others
2018
The World Health Organization holds a Global Summit Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland
Geneva, Switzerland. The World Health Organization holds a Global Summit Meeting on Safety and Access to Fertility Care. In this two-day Summit, representatives
AFRH Conference, Lagos, Nigeria
Representatives from the Sudanese Human Reproduction and Embryology Society and the Sudanese Clinical Embryology Society meet with Silke Dyer to initiate
ESHRE Conference, Barcelona, Spain
Representatives from the Sudanese Human Reproduction and Embryology Society and the Sudanese Clinical Embryology Society meet with Silke Dyer to initiate conversation
ANARA supports the IFFS (International Federation of Fertility Societies) Surveillance
ANARA supports the IFFS (International Federation of Fertility Societies) Surveillance and encourages co-operation as a way of strengthening Africa’s voice and creating
Egypt IVF Registry and ANARA hold a combined data workshop in Cairo, Egypt
The Egypt IVF Registry and ANARA hold a combined data workshop including participants from Libya and Sudan. GIERAF (Groupe Interafricain d’Etude, de Recherche
AFS-IFFS Conference, Kampala, Uganda
ANARA is represented in a pre-conference data collection workshop. The importance of national, regional and global registries is addressed as part of the
Lomé, TOGO Workshop
GIEARF (Groupe Interafricain d’Etude, de Recherche et d’Application sur la Fertilité) and ANARA hold a combined meeting and workshop. Participants attend from Benin,
Updates in Infertility, Madrid, Spain
The importance of building reproductive networks for progress towards universal access to infertility care and the related story of ANARA is addressed in
2017
ANARA expands from sub-Saharan Africa to become an African-wide network and registry
The expansion is brought about by the Egypt IVF Registry decision, representing national ART centres, to report to ANARA.
ANARA participates in the inaugural meeting of FERSOG, Accra
A pre-conference ANARA workshop is conducted with strong representation by national ART centres. The Fertility Society of Ghana holds its first and
First ANARA data release at an African conference, Abuja, Nigeria
First Registry data, pertaining to 2013 submitted by 40 centres in 13 countries, are presented at the annual African Fertility and Reproductive Health
ANARA workshop at GIERAF Conference, Ivory Coast
A hands-on workshop is conducted at the regional meeting of the Groupe Interafricain d’Etude, de Recherche et d’Application sur la Fertilité.
2016
First international ANARA data workshop, Pretoria, South Africa
A two-day workshop is held to create closer network collaboration and capacity in data collection. Hands-on training in the use of the ANARA
AFRH Conference, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
The concept and progress of ANARA is discussed with representatives from the African Fertility Society (AFS), the Association of Fertility and
First representation of Africa in the ICMART World Report
For the first time, data from Africa are included in the ICMART world report spanning 2008-2009-2010 (Dyer et al, Hum Reprod 2016;31(7):1588-609).
ESHRE Conference, Helsinki
Silke Dyer gives an invited presentation on ICMART/ANARA activity in Africa. First ever regional data from Africa submitted by 30 centres in 10 countries are
2015
