International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics

FIGO and partners have launched the FIGO Global Competency-Based Fistula Surgery Training Manual.

New Ethics Guidlelines (2011) from the FIGO Committee for the Ethical Aspects of Human Reproduction and Women’s Health have now been added to the Publications section.

Professor Hamid Rushwan, Chief Executive of FIGO, has received an Honorary Fellowship from the Board of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) at its recent Annual Clinical Meeting in Washington.

Up to 3.6 million deaths could be avoided each year in 58 developing countries if midwifery services are upgraded by 2015, according to a major new report released today by UNFPA - the United Nations Population Fund - and partners at the 29th Triennial Congress of the International Confederation of Midwives in Durban, South Africa.

FIGO has been an active partner in the preparation of the report.

The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (the UK member society of FIGO) has released a statement with a link to the petition.

The latest FIGO Newsletter (June 2011) is now available to download.

FIGO President Gamal Serour has signed a joint letter (26 May 2011) with other international organisations to emphasise that the G8 summit in Deauville ‘is a chance for world leaders to step up their support for healthcare that saves children's and mothers' lives’.

The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), the International Paediatric Association (IPA),and the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) comment in The Lancet (April 2011) on this often forgotten issue.

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The new ‘FIGO Classification of Causes of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding’ has been published in the April edition of the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics (IJGO), and is now accessible free of charge on the FIGO website.

Dear Colleagues

We - the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (JSOG) - are most grateful to all FIGO members for extending the warmest prayers toward Japan, which was struck by a massive earthquake, tsunami and ensuing nuclear crisis on 11 March.  Having received enormous help from various countries, JSOG has declared that it will make the utmost effort  - in its role as a medical specialist - for the recovery of the disaster-hit region.