GENEVA: Around one in every six adults experiences infertility, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated Tuesday as it called for an urgent increase in access to fertility care.

The WHO determined that around 17.5 percent of adults worldwide are affected by infertility at some point, and found little variation between regions and wealthy and poorer countries.

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