The Olaronke Thaddeus Foundation has announced a new outreach program offering free intrauterine insemination treatment to 20 Nigerian women, expanding its fertility support work as the cost of a single IVF cycle in Nigeria ranges between 1.7 million and 5 million naira, putting assisted reproduction beyond the reach of most families.

The foundation, led by fertility advocate Olaronke Ugwueke-Thaddeus, who also founded Meet Surrogate Mothers, one of Nigeria’s leading assisted reproductive technology agencies, said the latest initiative built on a program that had already sponsored IVF treatment for approximately 50 women and couples across Nigeria between 2024 and 2025, with support extending to Nigerians living in the United Kingdom who faced financial barriers to fertility care.

Ugwueke-Thaddeus said the intervention was aimed at restoring hope to women and families for whom fertility treatment remained unaffordable, at a time when infertility continued to carry significant social consequences for women including stigma, emotional distress, marital pressure, and economic hardship.

The foundation said its work extended beyond sponsoring treatments to driving conversations around infertility through advocacy, awareness campaigns, and support networks. Observers said initiatives of this kind were helping to fill a critical gap in the absence of public health coverage for fertility services in Nigeria, where treatment was largely dependent on private clinics and individual out-of-pocket payment, and drew attention to the need for stronger institutional support and policy engagement around reproductive healthcare equity.