ACOG Urges Wider Availability of Misoprostol Internationally to Reduce Maternal Mortality

Washington, DC -- Misoprostol is a safe and cost-effective way to provide women with postabortion care services, especially in less developed countries where obstacles to timely health care remain an...

Advocates Call for Commitment to Reduce Maternal and Infant Mortality Rates

San Diego, CA -- “I was shocked to learn that hundreds of thousands of women die each year during childbirth—and that 90% of these deaths are preventable,” said Christy Turlington B...

Barbara S. Levy, MD, Appointed VP for Health Policy, Advocacy Division The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Washington, DC -- The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) announced today Barbara S. Levy, MD, as its Vice President (VP) for Health Policy, Advocacy Division, a new position....

Community Involvement and Volunteerism

Number 437

(Reaffirmed 2012)

ABSTRACT: As professional and community leaders, obstetrician–gynecologists have unlimited opportunities to become involved in and have a positive impact on local, national, and international communi...

Cultural Sensitivity and Awareness in the Delivery of Health Care

Number 493

ABSTRACT: Communication with patients can be improved and patient care enhanced if health care providers can bridge the divide between the culture of medicine and the beliefs and practices that make ...

Ethical Considerations for Performing Gynecologic Surgery in Low-Resource Settings Abroad

Number 466

ABSTRACT: International humanitarian medical efforts provide essential services to patients who would not otherwise have access to specific health care services. The Committees on Ethics and Global W...

Health Care for Undocumented Immigrants

Number 425

ABSTRACT: Undocumented immigrants are less likely than other residents of the United States to have health insurance. Their access to publicly funded health programs has become increasingly limited s...

Maternal Health Must Become a Priority in Developing Countries

Chicago, IL -- "Mothers are the backbones of communities. When they die, children become orphaned, families are fragmented," said Jean Chamberlain Froese, MD, today during the President's Program at ...

Misoprostol for Postabortion Care

Number 427

ABSTRACT: The World Health Organization estimates that 67,000 women, mostly in developing countries, die each year from untreated or inadequately treated abortion complications. Postabortion care, a ...

Nancy C. Chescheir, MD, Selected New Editor of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Washington, DC -- Nancy C. Chescheir, MD, of Chapel Hill, NC, has been selected as the new editor-in-chief of Obstetrics & Gynecology, the official monthly peer-reviewed medical journal of The Am...

The College Hosts Leadership Council of Saving Mothers, Giving Life

Washington, DC -- Official representatives from The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (The College), US Department of State, US Agency for International Development, US Centers for ...