Estimados colegas y amigos: Hemos transitado en los últimos tiempos una agenda intensa en el mundo de la Ginecología de la Infancia y la Adolescencia, en términos de formación de médicos en esta área y en actualizaciones y congresos. Estoy en conocimiento que tuvieron...

We are all fortunate to have all these opportunities to learn, share and to extend our knowledge.

This year the Berlin Symposium for Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology celebrated the 10th anniversary.

At the ALOGIA meeting the Chilean group presented their (recognised) subspecialty training programme and this is an exemplary module for training.

It seems just a short while ago that many of us were together in Florence at the World Congress, renewing friendships, learning, sharing and joining together with the aim of improving the health of girls and young women. It was a fantastic meeting, and it was wonderful catching up with everyone who was there.

On November 18th, 2016, Prof. Jan Horejsi passed away. Born in Prague, the homeland of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, when Prof. Peter launched his practice, Prof. Horejsi gave a great contribution to our discipline, mainly dealing with genital anomalies.

On Saturday morning, November 12th, 2016, in a cold and foggy Amsterdam, the FIGIJ Session on Pediatric and Adolescent Ginecology took place at the 24th International Congress “Controversies in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility”. The session’s main topics were HPV infection , fertility preservation and adolescent pregnancy.

What is the mission of FIGIJ? We strive, worldwide, to improve the reproductive health of young people by raising the bar for clinical care, research and education in all things PAG. Together, we can accomplish much. FIGIJ is your organization; it brings together PAG experts from all corners of the globe.

Our 18th FIGIJ World Congress in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology was held at the Palazzo dei Congressi, Firenze Fiera, on June 25-June 28, 2016.