Author(s)

Ana Fatoumata Touré Écra^*, Abdoul Koffi Koffi, Kacou Edele Aka, Minata Fomba, Perel Konan

University Félix Houphoüet Boigny, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

Introduction: Africans ensure their offspring by transmitting their own genes. Even if adoption is a common thing in Africa, the biological kinship keeps its supremacy. The following study tries to identify socio-cultural factors that may influence the couples’ attitude towards the gametes donation. Methods: All female patients consulting for a childbearing desire and with an indication of an assisted reproductive technique with a third donor, were included in this longitudinal retrospective and prospective study at the teaching hospital of Yopougon and in a private clinic from 1st September 2014 to 31 October 2015. 100 couples were included. Chi square test was used for statistics data. The following factors were analyzed: age, sex, religion, profession, anterior procreation, existence of a common child, infertility duration. Results: Only the age had a significant link with the egg donation refusal rate. Conclusion: This work makes it possible to foresee that Africans have the same conception of procreation because one finds this desire of childbearing in all the layers of the society.

Gametes Donation, Acceptability, Factors, Côte d’Ivoire, Africa

Écra, A. , Koffi, A. , Aka, K. , Fomba, M. and Konan, P. (2017) Factors Influencing the Acceptance of the Gametes Donation in Côte d’Ivoire/West Africa. Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 7, 600-607. doi: 10.4236/ojog.2017.75062.