This is in line with FOGSI’s commitment to eliminate cervical cancer from India and FOGSI’s endorsement of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recommendation to focus on vaccination and screening as two key pillars of eliminating cervical cancer.
Part of a 28-city run, the initiative is aimed at connecting the country by spreading awareness for specific medical conditions such as anaemia and Rh incompatibility during pregnancies.
The only method to stop the rising incidence of needless hysterectomies in the nation is to better enforce the rules set forth by the health ministry and coordinate awareness campaigns by all parties involved, experts stated on Thursday. Here, they were presenting at the second "Preserve the Uterus National Summit."
Manyata, supported by MSD for Mothers, FOGSI is a quality-improvement programme that promotes the adoption and practice of clinical standards based on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) standards of quality care in maternal health for antenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum care.
The National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) data reveals that 1 in every 2 women in India is anaemic and the prevalence is around 57 per cent in non-pregnant women & 52 per cent in pregnant women.
Iron deficiency affects all ages, with children, women who are pregnant or menstruating, and people on kidney dialysis among those at the highest risk for this condition. The ‘Na Na Anemia Bus Yatra’ flagged off from Rishikesh will travel to 20 cities across the five states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal over 40 days, culminating in Kolkata on January 4, 2023.
Earlier, IVF centres were registered under the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994. But new surrogacy laws passed last year made the opening of a new ART centre more expensive. Existing centres were also told to re-register under the new rules.
Dr Pai is one of the earliest gynaecologists in India to foray into the world of ART in 1991 and has introduced many innovations in the field. He is also a leading teacher and academician and has many articles and research papers published in national and international books and journals.
FOGSI would like to present the White Paper to the Government and policymakers to encourage a review of the prevention strategy for cervical cancer and early implementation of HPV vaccine at the national level, which would impact the lives of millions of women and their families: Dr Shantha Kumari, President, FOGSI.
The FOGSI and NABH collaboration will ensure ‘One Nation One Standard’, where maternity service providers will be jointly assessed by the two entities, the experts informed.
Women are immuno-compromised when they are pregnant, so for them, the complications and risks are much higher if the covid-19 infection happens during pregnancy
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