Against popular belief that COVID-19 vaccination causes infertility in women, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has doused such stories, saying that it has not been scientifically proven that COVID-19 vaccination causes infertility in women.
Speaking on the development, the executive director of NPHCDA, Faisal Shuaib, explained that COVID-19 vaccination among women of reproductive age was safe.
WHAT THIS MEANS:
- All available COVID-19 vaccines have demonstrated high efficacy among their respective clinical trial endpoints.
- A growing body of evidence suggests that fully vaccinated people are less likely to have symptomatic infection or transmit SARS-CoV-2 to others.
- Obstetrician-gynecologists and other women’s health care practitioners should lead by example by being vaccinated and encouraging eligible patients to be vaccinated as well.
- Pregnancy testing is not a requirement to receiving any of the approved COVID-19 vaccines by the World Health Organization (WHO).
- Expected side effects should be explained as part of counselling patients, including that these are a normal part of the body’s reaction to the vaccine and developing antibodies to protect against COVID-19 illness.
This is as side effects center, Lareb, says it has so far received almost 10,000 reports of menstrual disorders after coronavirus vaccination. The complaints range from lack of menstruation, heavy menstruation, to breakthrough bleeding.
The center also announced that there are also complaints about bleeding after menopause, the side effects.
