FIGO comes to town

The Sta: "The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) will be be holding its XVIII World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics in Kuala Lumpur in November 2006.
FIGO is a worldwide organisation that represents obstetricians and gynaecologists from nearly 120 national societies.
The triennial congress will be hosted by Malaysia in the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre from 5-10 November 2006.
“FIGO’s aims are to bring these societies together (during the congress) to discuss how to improve health of women worldwide,” says Lord Naren Patel, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, and chair of the congress organising committee.
FIGO’s work embraces many aspects of obstetrics and gynaecology, such as oncology, STDs/AIDS, perinatal health, education, safe motherhood, medical terminology, women physicians in the specialty, social activities on women’s health, new technology, the pathology of the breast and ethics.
“At the congress, we will discuss and evolve strategies about women’s health issues in the developed and developing world,” says Patel.
Kuala Lumpur will also host the largest ever International Fellowship Programme in conjunction with the congress. This joint initiative of FIGO and the Obstetrical & Gynaecological Society of Malaysia (OGSM) will enable up to fifty young obstetricians and gynaecologists from developing countries to participate in a two-week programme at a Malaysian medical school and attend the congress. The programme is organised in consultation with, and the support of, the Malaysian Ministry of Health.
For more information, visit www.figo2006kl.com "