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While the World Health Organization (WHO) joins with partners to keep malaria high on the political agenda, mobilise additional resources and empower communities to take ownership of malaria prevention and care, FIGO insists that the challenge of malaria infection during pregnancy cannot be ignored.
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Zero Malaria Must Start With Pregnancy
FIGO publishes six clear steps for C-section reduction in new series with The Lancet
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C-Sections: How to Stop the Epidemic
New FIGO President Dr Carlos Fuchtner highlights need to obtain gender equity at all levels of FIGO.
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Dr Carlos Fuchtner, FIGO President
There has been enormous progress towards key indicators of women’s health since the early nineties, when I joined FIGO as a member of the Ethics Committee for Human Reproduction (now Ethical Aspects of Human Reproduction and Women’s Health).
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FIGO at 65: our achievements
To mark International Women’s Day, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has released a report showing that there is an urgent need to increase HIV prevention and treatment services for women and girls around the world.
UNAIDS: Urgent need to increase HIV prevention in women
“It is pivotal to improve the accuracy of PAS diagnosis. FIGO’s new classification for the clinical diagnosis of PAS disorders will improve understanding and reduce overtreatment and diagnosis-related anxiety for many patients. By tackling the confusion of diverse descriptions, and standardising criteria for describing different grades of accreta placentation, we can support development of better management strategies that should ultimately improve maternal health outcomes.”New FIGO classification to improve clinical diagnosis and reporting on this life-threatening but often-misdiagnosed pregnancy-related condition.
Classification of Placenta Accreta Spectrum Disorders
The United Nations (UN) and the World Bank are backing a bid by the Zimbabwe government to reduce maternal and infant mortality rates in the country.
Over the next three years, the Zimbabwean authorities plan to put $700 million (£443 million) worth of funding towards the healthcare services in the country.
UN backs bid to reduce maternal and infant mortality in Zimbabwe
The Federation of Obstetric & Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI) has teamed up with the country's government to develop a new means of monitoring and reviewing maternal mortalities.
FOGSI and Indian government launch maternal death review
Ensuring Quality of Care Throughout the Life Course for Girls and Women is the first in our collaboration with HelpAge International and NCD Alliance when we will explore challenges and solutions to ensuring quality care throughout the life course, with attention to age and gender sensitive approaches to health and wellbeing.
Ensuring Quality of Care Throughout the Life Course
Over 100 nations and organisations have committed nearly $41.4 billion (£28.7 billion) to improving
£30 billion for maternal and newborn health assistance