Health Ministers from African countries and renowned gynecologists from world over gather for the event

Dubai, UAE: The FIGO Regional Conference of Middle East & Africa will bring forth important issues concerning women’s health and wellbeing. With over 800 attendees, 40 speakers and health ministers of African countries attending the congress, the ethical and medico-legal aspects concerning the fraternity, the global protocols for the practice alongside vital issues relating to maternal health will be discussed. The 3 day conference starts tomorrow, 11th April and will culminate on Friday, 13th April.

The conference is organized by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), together with the Emirates Medical Association (EMA), the Federation of Arab Gynecology and Obstetrics Societies (FAGOS) and the African Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (AFOG).

Dr C N Purandare, President, FIGO added: “A primary aim behind the Congress is to educate people on the right techniques to reduce the global maternal mortality rate, particularly with reference to post-partum hemorrhage (PPH), which accounts for about 35% of all maternal deaths. This is more prevalent in under-developed countries, although as per WHO, recent studies have shown an increase in the incidence of PPH in developed countries as well. We are very fortunate that we have speakers who have conducted in-depth research and devised techniques to counter one of the leading causes of maternal mortality, and I welcome the medical fraternity to this gathering and learn from these researches”.

Dr Amala Nazareth, Specialist Obstetrician and Gynecologist and Secretary General, Emirates Medical Association, FIGO associate added: “The idea is to cut commercialism out of the right medical ethics, and to make people realize that if technology is available, one should use it in an ethical manner. The three-day event will address several issues pertaining to the ethical medical practices including medico-legal aspects, training, healthcare and the right guidelines that should be implemented in all areas of women’s health across all ages”.

The speakers at the Congress will bring to the platform their in-depth clinical research highlighting the various technologies, guidelines and procedures best suited to provide supreme healthcare to women. Among the keynote speakers, notable mentions includes Hon. Sarah Opendi, Minister of State for Health Uganda; Hon. Margaret Natalie Mensah-Williams, Chairperson of the National Council of Republic of Namibia; Hon. Susan Shabangu, Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women, South Africa; and Hon. Zuliatu Cooper, Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone.

Topics that will be addressed at the forum include: the current ethical challenges in obstetrics and gynecology; issues related to informed consent; minimal access surgery; IVF; advances in prenatal diagnosis; endocrine disorders in pregnancy; latest developments in contraception; links between maternal health and NCD prevention; maternal nutrition; obstetric care; gynecologic cancers in women , hypertensive disorders in pregnancy amongst many others.

Highlighting the issue of healthy nutrition in pregnant women – one of the key issues to be discussed at the Congress – Dr Awatif Juma Al Bahar, Reproductive Endocronologist and President, Emirates Medical Association, Obgyn commented: “What a mother eats is what a baby receives. If a mother eats the wrong kind of food or does not have access to healthy nutrition, the baby suffers and could be born with diseases, or prone to develop disease and low immunity as it grows older. At the Congress, we will closely observe the negative relationship between malnutrition, obesity and pregnancy, vitamin D deficiency and infertility, management of iron deficiency and offspring health and non-communicable diseases”.

Besides keynote lectures, plenary and parallel sessions and panels, the Congress will also feature hands on training and workshops where attendees can learn the techniques and technologies available in the UAE to make correct diagnosis at the right time, so that the life of the fetus and the mother remain safe.

For more details and registration, log on to http://figodubai2018.com/

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