International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Two of FIGO's specialist Committees  - Reproductive Medicine and Capacity Building in Education and Training - have announced fresh diary dates for their involvement in forthcoming events.

FIGO is delighted to announce the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Pathfinder International. 

The First Lady of Tanzania, Mama Salma Kikwete, attended the recent FIGO international workshop on 23 June 2010 - prior to its annual Executive Board meeting in Dar es Salaam - and stressed that availability of skilled healthcare is vital to improve the health of members of the public in a country generally.

FIGO recently signed a joint Letter to G8 Leaders: ‘15 Million Health Workers Globally Call for Doubling of Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health Funding’

At last week’s Women Deliver conference in Washington, Melinda Gates said it was ‘critical to elevate women’s and children’s health on the global agenda’ and highlighted the opportunity to build on recent progress by rapidly expanding access to proven solutions, and by designing more integrated programs that address a range of women's and children's health needs. 

'The Cutting Tradition' has been awarded by the Jury of the Philadelphia Documentary & Fiction Festival in the category: Best Direction.