From 9 to 12 June 2025, medical and policy leaders from across Africa convened in Zambia for a high-level workshop aimed at ...

Organised by the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) in partnership with FIGO as part of the C4W ACCT initiative, ...

Induction of foetal asystole refers to the medical procedure that intentionally causes the cessation of the foetal heart (cardioplegia). In the context of abortions at advanced gestations, ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Joint statement of recommendation for the use of uterotonics for the prevention of postpartum haemorrhage ...

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 & ...

The environmental contributors to reproductive health begin in utero and include the social, physical, and nutritional environment, and physical and chemical agents. Exposure to toxic environmental ...

In recognition of the need for a world federation to address the threat of toxic environmental chemicals to human reproductive and developmental health on the global stage, the International ...

Background Professionally responsible decision making with patients is based primarily on the ethical principles of beneficence and respect for autonomy.