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These are external links and will open in a new window. Just nine men are registered as donors a year after the opening of Britain's national sperm bank in Birmingham. It is now planning a recruitment drive, with chief executive Laura Witjens saying that appealing to male pride may be an effective way to boost donations. She has suggested a new campaign featuring a cartoon superhero, echoing a successful strategy in Denmark.

She told the Guardian: They proudly say, this is the Viking invasion, exports from Denmark are beer, Lego and sperm. It's a source of pride. It was created to help tackle the shortage of donors which often drives patients overseas or to unregistered services. It is also the first UK clinic to give people from ethnic minorities the chance to choose from a range of culturally matched donors.

Ms Witjens told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that while nine was a small number, it actually meant thousands of men were coming forward. Donors must have strong sperm to qualify, and Ms Witjens said many men were either put off or rejected after coming forward.

Men must attend the clinic twice a week for three or four months and have a wide range of tests, she said.

All children born as the result of sperm donation since will have the right to know the identity of their father when they turn Concern about loss of anonymity has put many men off coming forward at a time when demand is rising, especially from same sex couples and single women. Ms Witjens told the Guardian a November advert was planned, asking men to consider giving an "alternative Christmas gift". Have you ever donated sperm? Please include a contact number if you are willing to speak to a BBC journalist.

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Ms Witjens said she hoped adopting the "superman" message would help. But it could still take five years before the national sperm bank had enough donors. More on this story.

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