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20,000 newborns in 3 years, helped by IVF subsidies
The Ministry of Health and Welfare says over 20,000 test tube babies have been born in Taiwan since a subsidy program to assist infertile couples with IVF procedures was expanded three years ago. The "Expanded Subsidy for Infertility Treatment" was introduced on 1 July 2021.
According to the ministry's Health Promotion Administration, the programme has helped 18,157 couples struggling with infertility and has led to the birth of 20,539 babies through IVF as of 31 July.
Health Minister Chiu Tai-yuan says the government expanded the programme to "support and help infertile couples achieve their dream of parenthood while easing the financial burden of IVF treatments." The original IVF subsidy programme was implemented in 2015. However, at the time, it was only available to low-income and middle-low-income households, with just 12 to 20 applications approved each year.
