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Declining fertility among Kenyan young women: Here's why

 An increase in infertility attributed to chlamydia, causing blockage of fallopian tubes in Kenya, is worrying fertility experts. [Istock]

An increase in infertility attributed to chlamydia, causing blockage of fallopian tubes in Kenya, is worrying fertility experts who singled out university students and young women of reproductive age as the most affected.

Prof Koigi Kamau of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Nairobi, says chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection caused by a specific strain of bacteria known as Chlamydia Trachomatis.

According to Dr Ruth Masha, the CEO National Syndemic Diseases Control Council (NSDCC) increases in cases of Chlamydia is mainly are due to unsafe sex.

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