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2024: Ministry of Health: 12.9% of women and 2.1% of men in Russia have reproductive disorders

The Ministry of Health of Russia recorded reproductive health disorders in 12.9% of women and 2.1% of men who have undergone free medical examination since 2024. The data were presented during the government hour in the State Duma, dedicated to the demographic situation in the country. Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko noted a direct link between the state of reproductive health of women and an increase in the average age of motherhood. This was reported in mid-July 2025.

According to RBC, reproductive diseases were found in 5% of girls and 4% of boys in the age group of 15-17 years. More than 4 million teenagers in Russia underwent an annual medical examination in 2024.

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Mikhail Murashko stressed that the identified reproductive disorders create risks for women's health and children's development. The Minister noted that these factors are taken into account in the national policy of the health system in the development of preventive and treatment programs.

The average age of a woman at the birth of a child in Russia increased by three years compared to the mid-1990s. In 2023, this figure was 26.2 years, which indicates a tendency to postpone motherhood to a later period.

The Russian authorities began to assess the reproductive health of the population simultaneously with the annual preventive examination as part of a free medical examination from 2024. This measure is aimed at early detection and prevention of violations of childbearing function in citizens.

In early July 2025, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova called the period up to 24 years the optimal age for the birth of the first child. She noted that the real reproductive age of a woman is a relatively short period, requiring special attention to family planning.

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the Ministry of Health in early 2025 to conduct regular reproductive medical examinations in young children. From September 1, 2025, children aged 6 will be admitted to such surveys.^[1]

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