International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics

The International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, usually just FIGO ("fee'go") as the acronym of its French name Fédération Internationale de Gynécologie et d'Obstétrique, is a worldwide non-governmental organisation representing obstetricians and gynaecologists in over one hundred territories. It was founded on 26 July 1954 in Geneva, Switzerland, to "promote the well-being of women and to raise the standard of practice in obstetrics and gynaecology". Membership is currently composed of 132 professional societies ('National Member Societies') of obstetricians and gynaecologists worldwide.

FIGO (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics)
AbbreviationFIGO
Formation1954-07-26
HeadquartersFIGO House, Waterloo Court, 10 Theed Street, London, SE1 8ST, UK
Membership
132 Societies
President
Anne-Beatrice Kihara[1]
Websitewww.figo.org

The headquarters of FIGO was initially located at Geneva, Switzerland. The FIGO Secretariat is located at London, United Kingdom.[2]

Core activities

The aim of FIGO is to improve the health and well-being of women and newborns worldwide. FIGO works to enable every woman to achieve active participation in her own health and rights, and the highest possible standards of health. It is financed by dues of member societies, grants, and educational activities.

FIGO's work covers many critical aspects of obstetrics and gynaecology and women's health and rights, including:

  • adolescent health
  • cervical cancer
  • environmental health
  • refugee and migrant health
  • noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)
  • sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)
  • universal health coverage (UHC)

FIGO implements global programmes on specific women's health issues, in collaboration with National Member Societies and/or partner organisations. These include:

  • Fistula Surgery Training Initiative
  • Postpartum Family Planning (PPIUD)
  • Advocating Safe Abortion Project
  • Postpartum Haemorrhage (PPH)

FIGO Committees and Working Groups are dedicated to critical sub-specialty issues across obstetrics, gynecology and related fields:

  • Contraception and Family Planning (Committee)
  • Ethical and Professional Aspects of Human Reproduction and Women's Health (Committee)
  • Fistula and Genital Trauma (Committee)
  • Gynecologic Oncology (Committee)
  • Human Rights, Refugees and Violence Against Women (Committee)
  • Menstrual Disorders (Committee)
  • Minimal Access Surgery (Committee)
  • Pregnancy and Noncommunicable Diseases (Committee)
  • Reproductive Developmental Environmental Health (Committee)
  • Reproductive Medicine, Endocrinology and Infertility (Committee)
  • Safe Abortion (Committee)
  • Safe Motherhood and Newborn Health (Committee)
  • Urogynecology and Pelvic Floor (Committee)
  • Benign Breast Disease (Working Group)
  • International Childbirth Initiative (Committee)
  • Postpartum Haemorrhage (Working Group)
  • Preterm Birth (Working Group)

Classification systems

Uterine bleeding
Main article: FIGO classification of uterine bleeding
FIGO System 1 for uterine bleeding. The system for definition and nomenclature of normal and abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) in the reproductive years.

In 2011 FIGO recognized two systems designed to aid research, education, and clinical care of women with abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB) in the reproductive years.

Ovarian cancer
Main article: Ovarian cancer § Staging

Ovarian cancer is staged using the FIGO staging system and uses information obtained after surgery, which can include a total abdominal hysterectomy via midline laparotomy, removal of (usually) both ovaries and Fallopian tubes, (usually) the omentum, pelvic (peritoneal) washings, assessment of retroperitoneal lymph nodes (including the pelvic and para-aortic lymph nodes), appendectomy in suspected mucinous tumors, and pelvic/peritoneal biopsies for cytopathology.[3][4][5][6]

Publications

Major publications include:

World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics

FIGO conducts a triennial meeting, the World Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology.[7] In addition the society sponsors fellowships, lectures, provides reports about women's health, and offers grants. Importantly through international committees consensus guidelines are achieved about evaluation and treatment of gynecological and obstetrical disorders.

German stamp, XI FIGO World Congress 1985
No Date City
II 22–28 June 1958 Montreal
V 23–30 September 1967 Sydney
VI April 1970 New York
VII August 1973 Moscow
VIII 17–22 October 1976 Mexico
IX 25–31 October 1979 Tokyo
X 17–22 October 1982 San Francisco
XI 15–20 September 1985 Berlin
XII October 1988 Rio de Janeiro
XIII August 1991 Singapore
XIV September 1994 Montreal
XV August 1997 Copenhagen
XVI August 2000 Washington DC
XVII 2–7 November 2003 Santiago
XVIII November 2006 Kuala Lumpur
XIX 4–9 October 2009 Cape Town
XX 7–12 October 2012 Rome
XXI 4-9 October 2015 Vancouver
XXII 14-19 October 2018 Rio de Janeiro
XXIV 9–12 October 2023 Paris

Member associations

The following 124 professional societies are members of FIGO as of December 2010:

  • Afghan Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Albanian Association of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, The
  • Argentine Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies (FASGO)
  • Asociacion de Ginecologia y Obstetricia de Guatemala (AGOG)
  • Asociacion de Obstetricia y Ginecologia de Costa Rica
  • Associação Moçambicana de Obstetras e Ginecologistas (AMOG)
  • Association of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians of Tanzania, (The AGOTA)
  • Association of Gynecologists and Obstetricians of Macedonia
  • Association of Gynecologists and Obstetricians of Serbia, Montenegro and Republic Srpska (UGOSCGRS)
  • Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Malawi (AOGM)
  • Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Uganda
  • Association Sénégalaise de Gynécologie-Obstétrique (ASGO)
  • Bulgarian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The
  • Chinese Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The
  • Collège National des Gynécologues et Obstétriciens Français
  • Croatian Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians
  • Cyprus Gynaecological and Obstetrics Society
  • Czech Gynecological and Obstetrical Society
  • Dansk Selskab for Obstetrik og Gynækologi
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe
  • Dutch Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The
  • Egyptian Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, The
  • Emirate Medical Association
  • Eritrean Medical Association (ERIMA)
  • Ethiopian Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • Federaçao Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetricia (FEBRASGO)
  • Federación Colombiana de Asociaciones de Obstetricia y Ginecología
  • Federación Ecuatoriana de Sociedades de Ginecología y Obstetricia
  • Federación Mexicana de Colegios de Obstetricia y Ginecologia (FEMECOG)
  • Federation of Obstetrics & Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI)
  • Finnish Gynecological Association
  • Georgian Obstetricians and Gynecologists Association (GOGA)
  • Grabham Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, The
  • Hellenic Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society
  • Hungarian Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Icelandic Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
  • Iraqi Society of Obstetrics & Gynecology (ISOG)
  • Israel Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Jordanian Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, The
  • Kenya Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society
  • Koninklijke BelgischeVerenigning voor Gynecologie en Verloskunde/Societé Royale Belge de Gynécologie et d’Obstetrique
  • Korean Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Kuwait Medical Association: The Profession of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Kyrgyz Association of Obstetricians, Gynecologists and Neonatologists (KOAGN)
  • Latvian Association of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians
  • Libyan Obstetrical and Gynaecological Association
  • Lithuanian Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • Macau Association of Obstetric and Gynaecology
  • Malta College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Myanmar Medical Association
  • National Association of Iranian Obstetricians & Gynecologists (NAIGO)
  • Nepal Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (NESOG)
  • Norsk gynekologisk Forening (Norwegian Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics)
  • Obstetrical & Gynaecological Society of Hong Kong
  • Obstetrical & Gynaecological Society of Malaysia
  • Obstetrical & Gynaecological Society of Singapore
  • Obstetrical & Gynaecological Society of the Sudan
  • Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society of Bangladesh
  • Oesterreichische Gesellschaft fur Gynakologie und Geburtshilfe (Austrian Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics)
  • Papua New Guinea Obstetrics and Gynaecology Society
  • Perkumpulan Obstetri Dan Ginekologi Indonesia (Indonesian Society of Obstetrics & Gynecology)
  • Philippine Obstetrical & Gynecological Society, INC
  • Polish Gynaecological Society (Polskie Towarzystwo Ginekologiczne)
  • Republic of Armenia Association of Obstetricians/Gynecologists and Neonatologists
  • Romanian Society of Obstetric and Gynecology
  • Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, The
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (UK)
  • Royal Thai College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, The
  • Russian Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Saudi Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society
  • Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilf/Société Suisse de Gynécologie & Obstétrique
  • Shoqata e Obstetërve dhe Gjinekologëve te Kosovës/Kosovo Obstetrics and Gynaecology Association (KOGA)
  • Sierra Leone Association of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians
  • Slovak Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics
  • Slovene Association of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians
  • Sociedad Boliviana de Obstetricia y Ginecología
  • Sociedad Chilena de Obstetricia y Ginecología
  • Sociedad Cubana de Obstetricia y Ginecología
  • Sociedad de Ginecología y Obstetricia de El Salvador
  • Sociedad de Ginecología y Obstetricia de Honduras
  • Sociedad de ObstetriciayGinecología de Venezuela
  • Sociedad Dominicana de Obstetricia y Ginecologia
  • Sociedad Espanõla de Ginecología y Obstetricia
  • Sociedad Ginecotocologica del Uruguay
  • Sociedad Nicaragüense de Ginecología y Obstetricia
  • Sociedad Panamenã de Obstetricia y Ginecología
  • Sociedad Paraguaya de Ginecología y Obstetricia
  • Sociedad Peruana de Obstetricia y Ginecología
  • Sociedade Portuguesa de Obstetricia e Ginecologia
  • Società Italiana di Ginecologia e Ostetricia
  • Societé Algérienne de Gynécologye-Obstétrique
  • Societe de Gynecologie et d'Obstetrique du Benin et du Togo CUGO-CNHU
  • Société de Gynécologie et d’Obstétrique de Bénin
  • Societe de Gynecologie et d’Obstetrique de Côte d'Ivoire
  • Societé de Gynécologie et Obstétrique du Niger (SGON)
  • Societé de Gynécologues et Obstétriciens du Burkina (SOGOB)
  • Société Gabonaise de Gynécologie Obstétrique et de la Reproduction (SGGOR)
  • Société Guinéenne de Gynécologie-Obstétrique
  • Societe Haitienne d’Obstetrique et de Gynecologie
  • Société Libanaise d'Obstétrique et de Gynécologie (Lebanese Society of Obstetrics & Gynecology)
  • Société Luxembourgeoise de Gynécologie et d’Obstétrique
  • Societé Malienne de Gynécologie Obstétrique (SOMAGO)
  • Société Royale Marocaine de Gynécologie Obstétrique
  • Société Tunisienne de Gynécologie et d’Obstétrique
  • Society of Estonian Gynaecologists
  • Society of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians of Ghana (Ghana Medical Association)
  • Society of Gynaecology and Obstetrics of Nigeria (SOGON)
  • Society of Gynecologists and Obstetricians of Cameroon (SOGOC)
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Pakistan
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, The/Societé des Obstétriciens et Gynécolgues du Canada
  • Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Republic of Moldova
  • Society of Palestinian Gynaecologists and Obstetricians
  • South African Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, The
  • Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
  • Svensk Förening För Obstetrik & Gynekologi (The Swedish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
  • Syrian Society of Obstetricians & Gynecologists
  • Taiwan Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The
  • Turkish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Ukrainian Association of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, The
  • Vietnam Gynaecology and Obstetrics Association VINAGOFPA
  • Zambia Association of Gynaecologists & Obstetricians (ZAGO)
  • Zimbabwe Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, The (ZSOG)

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