World IVF Day 2026 - July 25

World IVF Day 2026 - July 25

• Observed: 25 July annually also known as World Embryologist Day to raise awareness about IVF technology and honor embryologists, fertility specialists, researchers advancing ART.
• Commemorates: Birth of Louise Brown in UK world's first baby conceived through IVF 1978 via Caesarean at Oldham General Hospital England to Lesley and John Brown after 100+ unsuccessful attempts by Dr Robert Edwards, Dr Patrick Steptoe, Jean Purdy.
• IVF: Medical procedure where egg fertilised by sperm outside body then implanted in uterus.
• In vitro: Latin for in glass.
• UPSC Relevance: GS3 - Biotechnology, ART Act.