International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics

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. 

Please click here to view the latest FIGO Newsletter (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.

Please click here for information about this important upcoming global day.

Wednesday 8 May, 13:30 Geneva, Switzerland time (11:30 GMT)

FIGO members are invited to participate in an online WHO survey: 

Professor Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, President of the International Federation of  Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), joined hundreds of scientists, doctors and technical experts from around the world to launch the Scientific Declaration on Polio Eradication on 11 April 2013.

Members of the executive committees of both the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) and the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) read with interest the article by Shetty on India’s surrogate motherhood industry, discussing  the Indian legislative plans (Shetty, 2012), and share her concerns about possible abuse of Indian women by (mostly) European or US residents.

Women Deliver 2013, Kuala Lumpur

Monday, 27 May 2013, 3-5pm  KLCC, Room 404

The topic for World Health Day 2013 (7 April 2013) is ‘High Blood Pressure’ - its ultimate goal is to reduce heart attacks and strokes.