Fertility

Optional reproductive health classes began in 66 high schools in Vojvodina as the new school year began on Monday, as part of attempts to address a potentially dangerous lack of knowledge among pupils.

A notice from the Health Ministry on “Consultancy before Marriage” has highlighted that one out of every five marriages are among kin.

The recently released document also includes sexual advice for couples, especially for the “first night.”
“Consanguineous marriage is mostly among first-degree relatives, increasing the number of rare genetic diseases,” it said.

A baby girl born early Sunday has officially pushed the population of the Philippines to 100 million, highlighting the challenge of providing for more people in the already-impoverished nation.
      
The child, Jennalyn Sentino, was one of 100 babies born in state hospitals all over the archipelago who received the symbolic designation of "100,000,000th baby".
      

The birth rate in Bulgaria has increased somewhat, said Dr.Victor Zlatkov, head of the largest maternity hospital in Bulgaria, Maichin Dom, quoted by Dnevnik.bg.

For the first half of 2014, in the hospital were born 2088 babies, while in the same period of 2013 their number was 1921.

Delivery pains even before pregnancy

More than 800 couples in Serbia who cannot conceive children naturally, have to wait for in vitro fertilisation more than a year due to collecting necessary documentation.