This International Urogynaecology Day, Prof Magali Robert, Chair of the FIGO Committee on Urogynaecology and Pelvic Floor Disorders, raises awareness of incontinence, prolapse and pelvic pain.One in two women will suffer from a pelvic floor disorder within her lifetime. How can we be silent when reported rates are as high as 50%?1 Yet, women and health care providers remain voiceless in the global arena. More troubling is that there are preventable and manageable solutions to this problem so there is no reason for women to carry this burden alone.2,3
Abnormalities of bowel storage, poor urine stream and pelvic pain are signs of pelvic floor disorders that can be corrected with exercises and kegels in women.
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The newly published recommendations, prepared by FIGO’s Committee on Urogynaecology and Pelvic Floor Disorders, provides evidence-based data and guidelines for obstetricians-gynaecologists treating women with stress urinary incontinence or planning on performing midurethral slings.
We are pleased to announce the incoming committee vice chairs. They will serve as vice chairs for the remainder of the 2021–2023 term before assuming their role as chairs in October 2023. Selected by the current chairs, President Jeanne Conry, and President Elect, Dr Anne-Beatrice Kihara, based on their incredible achievements and engagement within FIGO, they will continue to shape the work carried out by committees, and advance FIGO’s mission in line with the decade-long 2021-2030 Strategic Plan. Congratulations to the new vice chairs in FIGO committees.