Training that is sharedacross borders.
Webinars, workshops and awards that aim to bring uniformity to postgraduate training and continuing education in reproductive health across the region.

Webinars, on demand.
Recordings from the Federation’s webinar library, and the webinars its committees have run.
Imaging the fetus
Webinar library · opens the recording
Preconception, epigenetics and genetics
Webinar library · opens the recording
Infertility management in low-resource settings
Webinar library · opens the recording
Addressing adverse outcomes in pregnancy
Webinar library · opens the recording
The 5 P’s
Webinar library · opens the recording
Menopause: managing the genitourinary syndrome
Webinar library · opens the recording
Cosmetic, aesthetic and regenerative gynaecology
Webinar library · opens the recording
Advances in prenatal ultrasound
Webinar library · opens the recording
PCOS management
Education and Reproductive Endocrinology Committee
Thyroid dysfunction in the women of South Asia
Non-communicable Disease Committee
Saving mothers and babies: learning from large multicentre studies
Maternal & Perinatal Health Committee
Evidence-based medicine: what it is and what it is not
Education Committee
Obstetric management of gestational diabetes, part II
Non-communicable Disease Committee
Gestational diabetes mellitus in Asia, part I
Non-communicable Disease Committee
Good clinical practice
Research & Good Practice Committee
First anniversary of Cervical Cancer Elimination Day
Oncology Committee
Male infertility: how far to go to solve the problem?
Reproductive Endocrinology Committee
Teaching techniques in medical education
Education Committee
Young Gynaecologist Award.
Proposed by Dr Rubina Sohail in 2018 and approved by the Council, the award was first given in 2019 at the 12th SAFOG congress in Dhaka. Candidates from the national societies present their work at each congress.
Selected by the President, President Elect, Secretary General, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary General.
Eligibility
- A member of a member society
- Leadership qualities
- Under 40 on 1 January of the congress year
- A published or publishable paper; multi-country papers preferred
- Involvement with SAFOG activities preferred
14th SAFOG congress, Mumbai, 2023
First awards: 12th SAFOG congress, Dhaka, 2019
| Recipient | Country | Paper |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Farhana Israt Jehan | Bangladesh | Microbial pattern of wound infection following caesarean section |
| Dr Asifa Naureen | Pakistan | Mean blood loss and haemoglobin in caesarean section with and without tranexamic acid |
| Dr Mariam Iqbal | Pakistan | Management of labour in pregnancy complicated by diabetes |
| Dr Pooja Lodha | India | Congenital malformations and assisted reproductive technique |
| Dr Sandeep Kaudel | Nepal | Oral misoprostol against intramuscular oxytocin in the third stage of labour |
At the 15th congress in Kathmandu in 2026, awardees included Dr Achintha Dilshan Dissanayake of Sri Lanka. Source
Cervical cancer screening, Mizoram.
A SAFOG project supported by WHO SEARO trained FOGSI members in Mizoram to screen with augmented VIA and to treat precancers by thermal ablation and LEEP. Aizawl district’s incidence was seven times that of Osmanabad and four times that of Beed.
- 128 Oct and 1 Nov 2022
Virtual awareness programme for the public and paramedics.
- 210–11 Nov 2022
Virtual teaching modules for gynaecologists, with tests before and after.
- 31 Dec 2022
A CME in Aizawl on diagnosing and treating cervical precancers, with the NCD Mission director.
- 42022
Smartscope, thermal ablation and LEEP equipment handed over at Zoram Medical College.
- 52 Dec 2022
Hands-on training in augmented VIA, thermal ablation and LEEP: 32 doctors trained and 30 women screened.



Faculty: Dr Bhagyalaxmi Nayak, Dr Mamawii and Dr Seema Singhal. Project report
Hands-on, before each congress.
Pre-congress workshops train special groups ahead of the main meeting.
Silver Jubilee, Colombo, 2022 · 10 workshops
- Optimising safety in labour
- Tips for laparoscopic suturing
- Advanced gynaecological laparoscopy, live
- Respectful maternity care
- Elimination of cervical cancer
- Jeevandhara Sri Lanka: postpartum haemorrhage management
- Ultrasound in fetal medicine
- Vaginal surgery: handling difficult situations
- Training master trainers in PPH emergency response
- ICOE–SAFOG complicated caesarean workshop
14th congress, Mumbai, 2023 · 5 workshops
- Obstetric dilemmas
- Infertility for every gynaecologist
- Functional (aesthetic) gynaecology
- Obstetric ultrasonography
- Live gynaecological endoscopy, Holy Family Hospital





