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Abstract :Background: Although Gaza strip is considered as one of the most densely populated areas in the world, so many couples are suffering from infertility, infertility in eastern Islamic society is considered incorrectly as a curse and always the woman is the one to blame. Objective: The present work aims to identify the risk factors associated with infertility among Palestinian men in Gaza, Palestine. Methodology: Five hundred and twenty seven couples (527) were included in the study group. These cases were the number of couples attending to Al Basma fertility centre in Gaza, seeking for clinical help from infertility, During the period from 2006-2010, data was collected from the files of those couples and the possible cause of infertility was identified. Results: It was shown that out of the 527 cases, the cause of infertility in 278 of the cases (52.6 % ) was related to the woman (in press), and in 225 of the cases ( 42.4%) infertility was related to man. while, in 24 cases (4. 55%), the cause was related to both Moreover, among the cases where infertility is related to man 50 cases (20%) were compound and multiple risk factors could be involved in infertility. Conclusion. The present study presents men infertility as a public health problem in Gaza, and multiple risk factors could attribute for infertility which justifies the necessity for comprehensive evaluation of men infertility among different geographical locations as well as among men with different occupational settings. |
