India, July 25 -- India, which accounts for 25 percent of the global infertility burden, performs an estimated 3-3.5 lakh IVF cycles annually, compared to fewer than 1 lakh cycles a decade ago. On World IVF Day - marking the anniversary of the world's first IVF birth - doctors say the boom rests on changing lifestyles, fading social stigma, rising male and female infertility rates, technological advancement, and a stricter legal framework.

"The last decade has transformed IVF in India from a treatment largely confined to metropolitan cities and considered a last resort into an increasingly mainstream and accessible part of reproductive healthcare," says Dr gynaecologist Manika Khanna, Chairperson and Managing Director, Gaudium IVF.

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