Author/Authors :
Aliakbari, Fereshteh Men’s Health and Reproductive Health Research Center - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Hosseini, Mohammad reza Student Research Committee - Faculty of Medicine - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran , Sharifian, Rayka Men’s Health and Reproductive Health Research Center - Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
Abstract :
The coronavirus has spread rapidly all over the world and has become a worldwide crisis. On 11th March, 2020, the World
Health Organization (WHO) described the coronavirus disease as a global pandemic. Following the mortality due to
COVID-19 infection, many healthcare systems have been affected in many countries. On July 11th, 2020, 12322395 confirmed cases of coronavirus were reported, of which 556335
led to death (1) .
Many countries are faced with some challenging issues such
as increasing elderly population and Limitations of young
and fresh resource. On the other hand, there is the possibility that the coronavirus would negatively affect the rate
of reproduction in many countries. The issue of decreased
reproduction during the COVID-19 outbreak is not limited
to developed countries, and soon many countries will face
population problems. In Italy, with a population of 60.7 million people, the annual population decreases by 0.2% and life
expectancy is 82.5 years. The rates of reproduction in Italy,
France, and United States of America were 1.35, 1.96, and
1.80 births per woman, respectively (2). Considering the reduction of 170000 births in 2018 in Iran, compared with previous years, and despite the birth rate of 1196000 births, as
well as the population growth rate decline to less than 1% in
2018, it seems that Iran’s population is aging fast (3). During
the six months of March to August 2020, children were born
who were formed before the coronavirus pandemic and were
born in such harsh conditions. Therefore, in the mentioned
six months, no considerable reduction would be seen in the
rate of birth. However, there is a concern that the rate of birth
would considerably reduce with respect to the present con- ditions and even become negative (2). Considering the decrease in population rate due to extensive mortality rate of COVID-19 infection and lack of interest for pregnancy in couples, more attention should be paid to infertile patients who would like to have children (2).
