{"id":6965,"date":"2014-10-31T14:24:52","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T14:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2014\/10\/31\/national-sperm-bank-opens\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T13:58:18","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T13:58:18","slug":"national-sperm-bank-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2014\/10\/31\/national-sperm-bank-opens\/","title":{"rendered":"National Sperm Bank opens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>British Health Officials \u201cWorld\u2019s First National Sperm Bank\u201d in Birmingham<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"1\" align=\"middle\" width=\"467\" vspace=\"10\" hspace=\"3\" height=\"184\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/Image\/Gallery\/Hospital-467x184.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe facility has opened in response to shortages of sperm donors in the UK, particularly from Indian and ethnic communities.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nBritain so far has imported sperm from The United States and Denmark due to the low numbers. Based in Birmingham Women\u2019s Hospital, the establishment is set to \u2018change the face\u2019 of sperm donation in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nA key goal is to encourage more men from Indian and other ethnic backgrounds to donate sperm as many participants are of a white ethnicity.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nDirector of the Birmingham Women\u2019s Fertility Centre, Sue Avery said, \u201cThere is currently a national shortage of sperm donors in the UK, especially in National Health Service clinics and particularly among some ethnic minorities.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cNot only is the National Sperm Bank going to revolutionise access to donor sperm in this country, its founders are also on a mission to change the face of sperm donation. Patient numbers continue to rise and treating those who need donor sperm to build their families is a major problem\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThe National Gamete Donation Trust (NGDT), the national organisation for sperm, egg and embryo donation, is collaborating on the new project. <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThey stated that for the first time the bank will allow those from ethnic minority backgrounds to choose from a variety of culturally matched donors.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nLaura Witjens, CEO of NGDT announced, \u201cWhen people think of sperm donation they often only think about the physical act of producing sperm. Let\u2019s face it that can be off-putting and detract from the real issues. We\u2019re all set to change that outlook.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nShe added, \u201cSperm donors are very special men who are doing something they and their families can be exceptionally proud of. These are men who are doing something life-changing for themselves and for others. It\u2019s time to shout about how fantastic these guys are.\u201d&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Health Officials \u201cWorld\u2019s First National Sperm Bank\u201d in Birmingham &#13; The facility has opened in response to shortages of sperm donors in the UK, particularly from Indian and ethnic communities. &#13; Britain so far has imported sperm from The United States and Denmark due to the low numbers. Based in Birmingham Women\u2019s Hospital, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}