Welcome to FIGO

FIGO - the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics - is the only organisation that brings together professional societies of obstetricians and gynecologists on a global basis.

Currently it has member societies in 125 countries or territories.

View a message from FIGO's President, Professor Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran.

 

 

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Top women's health news

14,000 take part in Niger 'public vow' to end FGM

Friday, 17th May 2013

Some 14,000 villagers representing 20 communities have taken part in a ceremonial vow to end female genital mutilation (FGM) and forced child marriage in Niger.

UK girls in danger as FGM 'cutting season' approaches

Friday, 17th May 2013

School-age girls in London are "already being prepared" to leave the country so that they can undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) during the summer holidays, junior minister for international development Lynne Featherstone has warned.

Rate of decline in maternal deaths 'needs to double' to meet MDG 5

Thursday, 16th May 2013

The global rate of decline in maternal mortality rates, which is currently recorded at three per cent per year, will "need to double" in order to reach the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 5 target, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.

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FIGO news

Strengthening Midwifery Care – Global Symposium (26-27 May 2013)

Tuesday, 14th May 2013

The second Global Midwifery Symposium on ‘STRENGTHENING QUALITY MIDWIFERY CARE: MAKING STRIDES, ADDRESSING CHALLENGES’ will be held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Conference Hall 3, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 26-27 May 2013.  Attendance is by invitation only. 

New to download: FIGO Newsletter, May 2013

Tuesday, 7th May 2013

Please click here to view the latest FIGO Newsletter (May 2013).

‘Midwives key in the fight against maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality’

Wednesday, 1st May 2013

FIGO supports International Day of the Midwife (5 May 2013)

International Day of the Midwife - held on 5 May each year - was originally launched by the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) in 1992 as a campaigning day on which to raise awareness of midwifery and to highlight the importance of midwives’ work worldwide.

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FIGO Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Initiative

Strengthening ASRH interventions.

FIGO Fistula Initiative

Ensuring high quality clinical training for the care of women with obstetric fistula

FIGO LOGIC Initiative in Maternal and Newborn Health

Improving the lives and health of women and newborns in the world's most underserved regions.

FIGO Misoprostol for PPH in Low Resource Settings Initiative

Advocating for and disseminating evidence-based information on misoprostol for post-partum haemorrhage for providers and clinical policy makers.

FIGO Prevention of Unsafe Abortion Initiative

Helping to implement key strategies towards the prevention of unsafe abortion.

FIGO Saving Mothers and Newborns Initiative

Reducing maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality.

The FIGO Fertility Tool Box™

The FIGO Fertility Tool Box™ provides a comprehensive and integrated set of tools that will increase access to treatment and prevention, and so reduce the global burden of infertility.

It can also be accessed via the News & Resources section.

 

Calendar

Coming up ...

27 May 2013: Misoprostol for the Management of Postpartum Haemorrhage: New Evidence and the Way Forward: FIGO Session at Women Deliver 2013 - click here for full details

2-5 October 2013:  1st FIGO Africa Regional Conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 

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Career opportunities, fellowships and training courses

View the latest career opportunities, fellowships and training courses

FIGO Africa Regional Conference, 2-5 October 2013, Addis Ababa

FIGO Regional Conference, 2-5 October 2013

World Congress 2015

 

 

FIGO Cancer Report (2012) now available

The ‘FIGO Cancer Report’ is available from the Secretariat (30 euros)  Contact figo@figo.org

Watch our film

View excerpts from 'The Cutting Tradition', a FIGO/Safehands collaboration. Shot in five countries - Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia and the UK - and narrated by actress Meryl Streep, it highlights the complex social, religious, cultural and economic issues that underpin the ongoing practice of FGM.

Members: How to use your www.figo.org webpage

FIGO members can benefit from having their own exclusive webpage on www.figo.org

Click here for details

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics (IJGO)

View the latest free downloads and articles from FIGO's official publication and visit its website.

Cervical Cancer Sub-Committee

View its latest publications: Global Guidance for Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control

  
Images used with kind permission of SafeHands for Mothers