India, Dec. 8 -- Public health conversations usually focus on diabetes, cancer, air pollution or mental health. Infertility rarely enters that list even though it affects more people than many conditions we routinely recognise as health crises. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), one in six people worldwide experiences infertility at some point in life. That is about 17.5% of the global population and far too significant to ignore.

The comparison with other conditions is revealing. Type 2 diabetes affects around one in ten adults globally and receives consistent policy attention and investment. Infertility affects even more people, yet it remains missing from national health plans in most countries. This gap between the sca...