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Introduction: Fertility or the ability to produce children has a positive social value whereas; infertility has a negative social value in which it means inability couple to have children even though after living a normal sexual life and does not use any contraceptive devices for one year. Infertility can be primary or secondary and primary infertility means when a couple has never been able to conceive; secondary infertility means a couple who has previously conceived a pregnancy, but is unable to conceive again after a full year.The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge regarding infertility among the people of reproductive age group.Methods: Cross sectional was done to “Assess the knowledge regarding infertility among the people of reproductive age group "at Gynae OPD of Shree Birendra Hospital.  The Non-probability purposive sampling technique was used. The study population was 110 and study period was 2071/3/15-2071/4/25. Semi-structured questionnaire was used.  The data were analyzed by using SPSS 20.Results: No significant relationship was established (p=0.5) between the knowledge about infertility and age. There was approximately equal number of respondents who had knowledge of infertility in the variation of age group. The proportion of knowledge in male respondents (93.8%) is comparatively more than the female (84.6%). The proportion of knowledge of infertility according to the variation of ethnicity was similar to each other. Likewise the proportion of knowledge of infertility by occupation (p=0.216) and marital status (p=0.122) were also not significantly different.  Conclusion:  The knowledge of infertility was not associated to the age, occupation and marital status.

Introduction: Adolescence is the transitional phase of growth and development between childhood and adulthood with ages ranging from 10 to 19 years. Adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) services are the centers where adolescents can get access to their queries regarding health of both physical as well as psychological aspect. The objective of the study was to find out the knowledge and perception regarding ASRH services among adolescents attending a tertiary level hospital. Methods: A descriptive study was carried out among 112 adolescents attending adolescent clinic using a pretested structured interview schedule. Non probability purposive sampling technique was used. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 16 through descriptive statistical method and Inferential statistical methods. Results: The study revealed majority (58.0%) of respondents had moderate level of knowledge regarding ASRH (Mean value 68.89 ± 14.59 S. D). Respondent’s had high perception towards programmatic domain. Almost all (97.3%) of the respondents had positive perception towards ASRH services. There was no statistical significance between the level of knowledge and perception, level of knowledge and sociodemographic variables at 95% confidence level. Conclusions: The study concludes that adolescents have moderate level of knowledge regarding ASRH. Adolescents have an overall positive perception towards the ASRH services but they have negative perception towards the facility of ASRH services in comparison to programmatic domain.

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