Uganda, May 6 -- From April 21 to 27, nations celebrated National Infertility Awareness Week, with a bigger day coming up on November 2 to celebrate fertility globally. We remember couples and individuals who have lived a life of wanting to have children, but have biologically failed to. For many, adoption is not an option!

The condition affects 15 percent of couples worldwide, with a hefty emotional cost, physical breakdown and the unbearable financial implications incurred by the desire for one to reproduce. We need to raise awareness of this silent tormenting condition that has left marriages broken, with many failing to find spouses.

Infertility, in both males and females, according to the World Health Organisation, is the failure t...