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As we celebrate progress made and navigate new challenges in the landscape of women’s health, the role of clinicians, researchers, advocates and policymakers has never been more vital. With a ...
13/03/2025 FIGO supports ADPF 1207 in Brazil aimed at expanding abortion care by health workers other than doctors Read More ...
The main purpose of the Committee on Climate Change and Toxic Environmental Exposures (C2TE2) is to advance a global strategy to address exposures to harmful environmental toxins and effects of ...
The Committee on Menstrual Disorders and Related Health Impacts focuses on the set of symptoms described as non-gestational abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB), including heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB).
The Committee on Preterm Birth is a diverse and experienced group with global representation and extensive clinical and research experience to tackle the solutions to the adverse consequences of ...
Anaemia is an under-recognised and undertreated chronic state that adversely impacts more than 2 billion people worldwide, predominantly women, the fetus and children. 1 Iron deficiency is the most ...
This document complements FIGO’s Statement – Childbirth: A Bill of Rights – by providing an ethical framework for respectful maternity care during pregnancy and childbirth. Together with the bill of ...
This FIGO Statement sets out a bill of rights for childbirth. It has been produced by obstetrics and gynaecology professional membership organisations, led by FIGO, the Royal College of Obstetricians ...
FIGO Maternal and Newborn Health Division has published comprehensive guidance for managing both pre-existing and pregnancy-specific liver conditions in the International Journal of Gynecology & ...
Menopause is the end of a woman's menstrual cycles, and marks the moment when she can no longer conceive naturally. The menopause is a natural part of ageing that usually occurs between 45 and 55 ...
Read the Pre-eclampsia Supplement Pre-eclampsia is one of the leading causes of maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality. Globally, 76,000 women and 500,000 babies dies each year from the ...
In October 2021, the FIGO Women’s Cancer Committee established the Endometrial Cancer Staging subcommittee to review new and established findings on endometrial cancer treatment, prognosis, and ...