ISMAAR: Leading the global agenda for a more physiological, patient-centred, accessible and safer approaches in ART.

摘要

The International Society for Mild Approaches in Assisted Reproduction (ISMAAR) is a UK registered Charity (non-profit making organisation) founded to promote safer, less drug-orientated, more physiological, widely accessible and woman-friendly approaches in assisted reproduction. Since its inception, the society has conducted five successful world congresses and several satellite workshops in developing countries. ISMAAR terminology for stimulation protocols in IVF [1] was published in Human Reproduction in 2007. ISMAAR prides itself in having internationally renowned scientists and clinicians on its Board who are dedicated to the objectives of ISMAAR. We believe this approach is much needed based on growing concerns about the lack of wider accessibility of assisted reproductive treatments globally and the need to put the welfare of women at the top of the agenda in Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART) [2]. Thus, ISMAAR aims to accomplish the following: