Editorial policy

Who writes this

AfroFertility is written and published by Afamefuna Nwosa. It exists because the information Nigerian men need about their own fertility is either behind a consultation fee, buried in a WHO manual written for laboratory staff, or being sold alongside a supplement.

That is the perspective this is written from: someone who went looking for plain answers and found the useful ones hard to reach. Not a doctor, and this site never pretends otherwise.

Medical review: not yet

Articles here are not reviewed by a clinician before publication. We say this plainly rather than leaving it to be inferred, because on health content the absence of a review is something you are entitled to know.

When an article has been read by a named clinician, it will carry their name and credentials in the byline, and that claim will appear in the page's structured data. Until then no article carries a review badge, and none should be read as if it had one. An unreviewed article is not a worse article than one pretending to be reviewed.

What content is checked against

• WHO 2021 reference values. The sixth edition of the WHO laboratory manual is the benchmark for every figure on this site. Where a value comes from it, the edition is named.
• Peer-reviewed literature. Claims about causes and treatments are traced to published research, listed in the sources at the foot of each article.
• Plain uncertainty. Where evidence is weak, mixed or absent, the article says so instead of choosing a side for readability.

What we will not publish

No cures. No products claimed to raise sperm count without trial-level evidence behind them. No numbers we cannot source — if a figure is not in a manual or a paper, it does not appear, and where we could not verify a clinic's details we leave the field blank rather than guess.

No fear-mongering. A result below a reference range is not a diagnosis, and this site does not treat it as one to hold your attention.

Money

Some links to books, screening kits or supplements earn a commission at no extra cost to you, disclosed on the page where they appear. A commission never buys a placement or a recommendation. Clinic listings are not paid, and a listing is not an endorsement.

Corrections

If something here is wrong, tell us and we will fix it. Email hello@afrofertility.com with the page and what is inaccurate. Substantive corrections are made in the article itself rather than quietly overwritten, and articles revised after publication carry the date they changed.

Related

About AfroFertility covers why the site exists. Terms of use sets out the limits of what it can tell you, and the privacy policy covers what happens to anything you send us.