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In the News (Sun 27 Dec 09)

  
  OBGYN.net Obstetrics & Gynecology Journals
Official journal of the Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology (NFOG).
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology "The Gray Journal" presents coverage of the entire spectrum of the field, from the newest diagnostic procedures to leading-edge research.
The Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics was founded in 1870 as "Archiv für Gynaekologie" and has a long and outstanding tradition.
www.obgyn.net /jr/jr.asp   (969 words)

  
  International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) is a worldwide organisation of obstetricians and gynaecologists that works to promote the well-being of women and to raise the standard of practise in obstetrics and gynaecology.
FIGO is composed of 101 national societies and through SOFIGO (the International Association of Supporters of FIGO) membership is open to individual specialists and to corporations.
This special supplement to the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics provides a comprehensive overview of women’s health issues, both medical and social, such as the environment, violence against women, infertility and the effects of ageing.
www.safemotherhood.org /smguide/agencies/tech/tech_figo.htm   (196 words)

  
 FIGO - Home page
FIGO – the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics – is the only organisation that brings together professional societies of obstetricians and gynecologists on a global basis.
Our mission is to promote the well-being of women and their children and to raise the standard of practice in obstetrics and gynecology around the world.
The Federation commits its resources to the promotion of sexual and reproductive health and rights through educational, research and advocacy activities and to strengthening its communication links with its member societies and between its member societies.
www.figo.org   (163 words)

  
 Assessment of current International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics staging of vulvar carcinoma relative to ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Assessment of current International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics staging of vulvar carcinoma relative to prognostic factors for survival (a Gynecologic Oncology Group study).
Applying the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics staging (1988) to these data discriminated risk of death (caused by recurrent vulvar cancer); the 5-year rates were 98%, 85%, 74%, and 31% for stages I, II, III, and IV, respectively.
However, within International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage III there were 47 low-, 95 intermediate-, and 28 high-risk patients with relative survivals of 95%, 74%, and 34%, respectively.
www.meb.uni-bonn.de /cgi-bin/mycite?ExtRef=MEDL/91196796   (189 words)

  
 The Right to Reproductive and Sexual Health
In fact, the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics asserts that improvements in women's health require state action to correct injustices to women.
The 1994 International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo and the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing expanded the right to family planning to include the right to better sexual and reproductive health.
International efforts are under way to increase cooperation between United Nations agencies, non-governmental organizations and human rights treaty bodies to better promote, implement and monitor health-related rights, especially reproductive and sexual rights.
www.un.org /ecosocdev/geninfo/women/womrepro.htm   (1981 words)

  
 Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology - OHSU
She is currently the Chair of the Committee for the Study of Ethical Aspects of Human Reproduction for the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics and is President of the Council of University Chairs of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
She was appointed to the Residency Review Committee for the discipline of Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2000.
Cain chairs the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is Director of the Center for Women`s Health.
www.ohsu.edu /obgyn/gynonc/gynonc.html   (514 words)

  
 Ipas > Women's Rights and Policies > International Health Policies > Professional Association Recommendations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Noting that international human rights law has focused too exclusively on the public arena and neglected the private sphere of home, family and community in which women are traditionally enclosed.
The International Confederation of Midwives believes that a woman, who has had an abortion, whether spontaneous or induced, is entitled to receive midwifery care.
Obstetrics and Gynecology Societies should work with government health authorities to prepare and implement norms and guidelines which define the procedures necessary to assure sufficient public sector services, staffing and supplies for the promotion and protection of sexual and reproductive rights.
www.ipas.org /english/womens_rights_and_policies/international_health_policies/professional_associations_recommendations.asp   (3040 words)

  
 Microinvasive carcinoma of the uterine cervix (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Stage IA).   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Microinvasive carcinoma of the uterine cervix (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Stage IA).
Microinvasive carcinoma of the uterine cervix (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Stage IA).The FIGO classification is not a guideline for treatment.
In 1985 the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) subdivided Stage IA cervical cancer and specified metric criteria to demarcate Stage IA from Stage IB.
www.pdg.cnb.uam.es /UniPub/iHOP/gp/6869250.html   (248 words)

  
 Population Index - Volume 57 - Number 4
This dissertation consists of three distinct essays, which are concerned with dowry and bride-price in rural India and their impact on marriage; the impact of women's status in Brazil and type of marital union on fertility; and an international comparative analysis on the relationship between diet and mortality.
Discussions of the main principles of demography and population theory not applied to actual data, including such concepts as Malthusianism, the demographic transition, overpopulation, optimum population, and stable and stationary population models as distinct from methodological studies and models using data, which are classified under N.
This is a revised edition of one volume in a three-volume teaching manual on human reproduction developed jointly by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics and Columbia University's Center for Population and Family Health.
popindex.princeton.edu /browse/v57/n4/a.html   (2194 words)

  
 OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY SOCIETIES & ASSOCIATIONS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Association of Gynecology and Obstetrics of Mazatlan (Asociación de Ginecología y Obstetricia de Mazatlán)
International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Obstetrics and Gynecology Society of Guayas (Sociedad de Obstetricia y Ginecología del Guayas)
www.il-st-acad-sci.org /health/obsoc.html   (182 words)

  
 International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics - Elsevier   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics publishes articles on all aspects of basic and clinical research in the fields of obstetrics and gynecology and related subjects, with emphasis on matters of worldwide interest.
The IJGO is the official publication of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO).
This 200-page report provides an international perspective on women's health and reproductive rights and covers urgent threats to women's health such as HIV/AIDS, violence against women, cervical cancer, unsafe abortion, postpartum hemorrhage and vesicovaginal fistula.
www.elsevier.com /inca/publications/store/5/0/6/0/3/7   (267 words)

  
 CORK Bibliography: Methadone Maintenance
International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics 85(2): 170-171, 2004.
This brief communication reports obstetric and neonatal outcomes of 17 pregnant women who were managed with NIT (16 who conceived while on implant treatment) compared with 90 women who were managed with MMT.
Obstetric and neonatal outcomes for the two groups were compared with each other and separately to national norms in Australia.
www.projectcork.org /bibliographies/data/Bibliography_MethadoneMaintenance.html   (14924 words)

  
 Eva Chalas, MD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
She was a resident in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, graduating in 1985.
Upon completion of her fellowship, she joined the faculty of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, with a joint appointment in the Department of Surgery.
She was a member of the Advisory Committee on Screening of Breast and Cervical Cancer for the Centers for Disease Control and an expert advisory panel on breast health care for the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
www.ligynonc.com /eva_chalas_md.htm   (501 words)

  
 A reappraisal of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics staging system for cervical cancer: a study ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
A reappraisal of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics staging system for cervical cancer: a study of patterns of care.
The Patterns of Care Study (PCS) database for squamous cell cancer of the uterine cervix has been used to evaluate the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) staging system, with particular focus on the association of tumor bulk with outcome.
The 1558 patients treated in the United States in 1973 and 1978 constitute the data set, and survival and in-field pelvic control were the end point of assessment.
www.meb.uni-bonn.de /cgi-bin/mycite?ExtRef=MEDL/92096986   (171 words)

  
 MSFC Update
At two United Nations meetings -- the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo (1994) and the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing (1995) -- abortion was finally acknowledged as an issue faced by millions of women around the world.
The 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), held in Cairo, was an important event for women's lives.
For the first time, a host of nations were signatory to an agreement that would fundamentally alter the way women's reproductive health and development issues were regarded, both legally and socially.
www.ms4c.org /update/1199lead.htm   (1685 words)

  
 Safe Motherhood: Links
MaterCare International is an international organization of health professionals dedicated to the care of mothers and babies through new service, training and research initiatives, which are designed to reduce the unacceptably high rates of maternal mortality, morbidity, and abortion.
Improving the quality of and access to essential obstetric care (EOC) and skilled attendance at birth continues to be a major focus of QAP assistance and operations research in Latin America and Africa.
This consortium was established in 1993 by a group of reproductive health organizations to encourage international donors and agencies in the reproductive health and population field to address the issue of unsafe abortion in their policies and programs.
www.rho.org /html/sm_links.htm   (5056 words)

  
 Reproductive Health - UNFPA 2000 - Page 4
In Bangladesh, 18 maternal and child welfare centres were renovated and upgraded in 2000 to provide comprehensive services, most notably emergency obstetric care, and 30 doctors completed a one-year training programme in obstetric care and anaesthesiology.
So far, doctors and nurses have been trained in 13 provinces in life-saving skills, and five health facilities were upgraded with the necessary surgical and sterilization instruments to enable them to administer antibiotics and anti-convulsants, assist in delivery, and perform caesarean sections and blood transfusions when needed.
Started by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), Save the Mothers Fund is an innovative partnership through which professional societies in industrialized countries provide training and donate basic equipment to developing countries to improve emergency obstetric care.
www.unfpa.org /about/report/2000/2ch4pg.htm   (550 words)

  
 Body mass predicts the survival of patients with new International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Stage IB1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Body mass predicts the survival of patients with new International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Stage IB1 and IB2 cervical carcinoma treated with radical hysterectomy.
Body mass predicts the survival of patients with new International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Stage IB1 and IB2 cervical carcinoma treated with radical hysterectomy.Body mass is not predictive of complications.
BACKGROUND: The authors evaluated the impact of body mass on survival and morbidity of patients with new International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) Stage IB1 and IB2 cervical carcinoma managed with radical hysterectomy.
www.pdg.cnb.uam.es /UniPub/iHOP/gp/1477360.html   (256 words)

  
 The value of exploratory laparotomy in patients with endometrial carcinoma according to the new International ...
The value of exploratory laparotomy in patients with endometrial carcinoma according to the new International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics staging -- Vardi et al.
The value of exploratory laparotomy in patients with endometrial carcinoma according to the new International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics staging
OBJECTIVE: We conducted a retrospective review of 169 consecutive patients diagnosed with endometrial carcinoma to evaluate the advantage of exploratory laparotomy according to the new International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) classification as compared with clinical staging.
www.greenjournal.org /cgi/content/abstract/80/2/204   (429 words)

  
 Survival and Prognostic Factors in Patients With Ovarian Cancer -- Tingulstad et al. 101 (5): 885 -- Obstetrics & ...
From the Section of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Department of Pathology, Trondheim University Hospital and; Section of Epidemiologic Research, SINTEF, UNIMED, Trondheim, Norway.
Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) stage and the
Estimated 5-year survival by International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics stage after adjusting for age and residual tumor.
www.greenjournal.org /cgi/content/full/101/5/885   (3136 words)

  
 Elsevier's Reproductive & Women's Health Resource online - International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics is the official journal of FIGO, the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics.
Visit the Free articles page to freely access the 2003 Prize Paper from a developing country and Supplement 78/1 prepared from the International Conference on the Role of Health Professionals in Addressing Violence Against Women, October 2000, Naples, Italy.
The full text of articles in the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics is available to individuals at institutes subscribing to ScienceDirect®.
www.womenshealth-elsevier.com /doc/journals/ijgo.html   (369 words)

  
 PLANetWIRE.org: Press Release from the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) Conference
The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) initiated the fund to save mothers' lives and improve obstetric care through partnerships between professional obstetric and gynecology societies in developed and developing countries.
For example, the international minimum standard is one hospital for every 500,000 (0.5 million) residents.
To provide local support, they partnered the professional obstetric and gynecology societies in five developed countries with eight developing countries: Canada and Uganda; Italy and Mozambique; Sweden and Ethiopia; United Kingdom and Pakistan; U.S. and Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador).
www.planetwire.org /details/928   (1292 words)

  
 Review of the literature
HPV types 16 and 18 were declared to be human carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC 1995).
The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) has accepted a staging system for cervical carcinomas (Table 1).
International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Staging of Carcinoma of the Cervix (1994)
herkules.oulu.fi /isbn9514254023/html/c184.html   (1491 words)

  
 Related Sites
ISUOG is a UK based charitable organisation which exists to encourage the effective exchange of research ideas and to promote education on Ultrasound in the field of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
ISUOG's official journal 'Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology' plays a vital role in achieving these aims and is currently distributed to ISUOG members in over 70 different countries.
WFUMB is a Federation of Affiliated Organizations consisting of Regional Federations and National Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology.
www.aium.org /relatedSites/relatedSites.asp   (1338 words)

  
 Using human rights in maternal mortality programs: from analysis to strategy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
This article in International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics describes an approach to maternal mortality reduction that uses human rights to guide the design and implementation of maternal mortality policies and programmes.
They can also be used in the analysis of health sector reform and its impact on access to emergency obstetric care.
Finally, it is argued that the ultimate role of human rights is to identify the workings of power that maintain unacceptable levels of maternal morality, and to use the human rights vision of dignity and social justice to work for the re-arrangements of power necessary for change.
www.eldis.org /static/DOC15434.htm   (260 words)

  
 JHPIEGO News Release - JHPIEGO clinical trainer receives international community service award
The annual award was established by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) in collaboration with the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health’s Averting Maternal Death and Disability Program (AMDD) to enhance the prestige of safe motherhood work.
A Professeur Agrégé of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Ouagadougou and Chief of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Service at Sanou Souro University Hospital in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, Dao was trained under JHPIEGO’s Maternal and Neonatal Health (MNH) Program and has worked as an MNH Regional Expert since 2001.
Dao will also be recognized at the tri-annual FIGO World Congress on Gynecology and Obstetrics to be held in Malaysia in 2006.
www.jhpiego.org /media/releases/nr20050127.htm   (348 words)

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