All Presidents FIGO Member Societies 30th April 2012 Dear Colleagues, Re: Guidelines on post-partum haemorrhage The FIGO Committee for Safe Motherhood and Newborn Health has just published guidelines on post-partum haemorrhage (PPH) entitled “Prevention and treatment of PPH in Low Resource Countries” that will appear in the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics in May… Read more »
This third edition of the Medical and Service Delivery Guidelines supersedes the fi rst two editions, which were published in 2000 and 2004. For their contributions to this update, the Consortium thanks: Elizabeth Raymond, Elizabeth Westley, Diana Blithe, Dalia Brahmi, Sharon Cameron, Kelly Cleland, Francine Coeytaux, Daniel Davis, Donald Downing, Anibal Faundes, Mary Fjerstad, Angel… Read more »
Brief Statement FIGO Safe Motherhood and Newborn Health Committee 31 August 2012 FIGO reaffirms the use of misoprostol in the prevention and treatment of post-partum haemorrhage An article by Chu et al. published in the August 2012 issue of the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine questions the evidence that supports the use of… Read more »
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Editor International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (“FIGO”) is the only worldwide organisation that groups together professional associations of obstetricians and gynaecologists. It has member associations in 125 countries/territories. FIGO’s mission is to promote the wellbeing of women and to raise the standards of practice in obstetrics and gynaecology…. Read more »
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