The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the final version of its National Public Health Action Plan for the Detection, Prevention and Management of Infertility. The National Action Plan developed over the course of seven years and began with an ad hoc working group that included members of the Oncofertility Consortium that started at Northwestern. A draft National Action Plan was released in May 2012. ASRM provided input at each step of process under which the National Action Plan was developed and will continue to be involved as the National Action Plan is implemented.
The goals of the National Action Plan are to:
• Promote healthy behaviors to maintain and preserve fertility;
• Promote prevention and early detection and treatment of medical conditions that can threaten fertility; and
• Reduce exposures to environmental, occupational, infectious and iatrogenic agents that can threaten fertility.
The National Action Plan is available at www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/Infertility/PublicHealth.htm.
The CDC will host a Public Health Grand Rounds on August 19, 2014 on infertility.
For more information please see www.cdc.gov/cdcgrandrounds.