International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics

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Just under 2,000 FIGO delegates’ bags were distributed to needy schools in Lavender Hill by the New World Foundation, following a donation by FIGO at the end of the XIX Congress in Cape Town.  

At its XIX World Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, FIGO launched an initiative - funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - to improve maternal and newborn health in low-resource countries through building the leadership, advocacy and organisational capacity of national obstetric and gynaecological associations.

It is a tradition that, at the Opening Ceremony of each World Congress, FIGO makes a series of awards to obstetrician/gynaecologists who have excelled in their service to FIGO or to women’s health, and also to selected highly distinguished people outside our profession of obstetrics and gynaecology who have performed a service to women’s health.

FIGO would like to pay tribute to Dr Sheldon J Segal (1926 - 2009) for his dedication to contraceptive research and the remarkable innovations he spearheaded, particularly those in highly effective, long-term contraceptives.

Given the slow progress in attaining MDGs 4, 5, 6, and especially in reducing maternal mortality and morbidity, FIGO calls on UN Agencies, governments, and benefactors/donors to develop and implement new maternal health indicators to evaluate ongoing progress, or lack of progress, toward maternal health.

“It’s time for governments to review the structure of their respective health-care systems …”

New Guidance And Partnerships Announced; Clinicians Called To Support The Effort

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