Focus on women’s health at AICOG conference

The conference, which will be held till January 10 was organised at the  Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC). Addressing the gathering, Professor Shantha Kumari, Treasurer, International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) said, “All India Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology (AICOG), is the main Congress of Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI) which has 270 societies and AICOG is mother of all Congresses it hosts. It’s a matter of pride that we are hosting the all India Congress at Hyderabad, this is where most of the gynaecologists from India and abroad will be attending the Congress. Out of 40,000 members of FOGSI, more than 11,000 members are attending this conference. In the 70 years history of FOGSI, this is the fourth time Hyderabad is hosting the Congress; the last time Hyderabad hosted was in 2011. We believe in women’s health, for which advocacy is critical, unless the woman is of good health, the society can’t progress. We, along with the government, are working towards reducing maternal mortality; we are extremely fortunate because Telangana has one of the lowest maternal mortality rate.