Medical Textbooks

Nursing Care For Women With Childbirth Injuries – Second Edition
By Ishbel Marion Campbell and Ian Shane Asiimwe
Published jointly by UCIF and FIGO (2025)

FIGO Fistula Surgery Training Manual
Standardised training curriculum and best practice guide
Developed and devised by the Expert Advisory Group for FIGO’s Fistula Surgery Training Initiative
Published by FIGO in association with GLOWM (2022)

Practical Obstetric Fistula Surgery – Second Edition
By Andrew Browning
Published by Halstead Press (2022)

Manual of Obstetric Fistula Surgery
By Michael Breen
Published by The Global Library of Women's Medicine (2019)

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Textbook of Simplified Laparoscopic Hysterectomy
Practical, Safe and Economic Methodology
Edited by: Rajendra Sankpal, Mahantesh Karoshi and Louis G. Keith
Published by The Global Library of Women's Medicine (2018)

The FIGO Textbook of Pregnancy Hypertension
An evidence-based guide to monitoring, prevention and management
Edited by: Laura A. Magee, Peter von Dadelszen, William Stones, Matthews Mathai
Published by The Global Library of Women's Medicine (2016)

ULTRASOUND in Obstetrics and Gynecology: A Practical Approach
This textbook has been written by Dr Alfred Abuhamad and his colleagues – and generously provided FREE at this and other locations – in order to promote greater knowledge and understanding of the role that ultrasound can play in the healthcare of women
Edited by: Alfred Abuhamad, MD (2014)

International Maternal & Child Health Care
A practical manual for hospitals worldwide
This textbook is written to help health workers treating pregnant women and adolescents, their newborn infants, and children admitted to hospitals in countries all over the world.
Edited by: David Southall
Associate Editors: Alice Clack, Johan Creemers, Angela Gorman, Assad Hafeez, Brigid Hayden, Ejaz Khan, Grace Kodindo, Rhona MacDonald, Yawar Najam, Barbara Phillips, Diane Watson, Dave Woods, Ann Wright
Published by Radcliffe Publishing Ltd (2014)

An Introduction to Obstetric Fistula Surgery
By Brian Hancock
Published by The Global Library of Women's Medicine (2013)

A Comprehensive Textbook of Postpartum Hemorrhage – 2nd Edition
An Essential Clinical Reference for Effective Management
Edited by: Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Mahantesh Karoshi, Louis G. Keith, André B. Lalonde and Christopher B-Lynch
BMA Book Award Winner 2013
Published by The Global Library of Women's Medicine (2012)

A Textbook of Gynecology for Less-Resourced Locations
Edited by: Heleen van Beekhuizen and Regine Unkels
Published by The Global Library of Women's Medicine (2012)

A Textbook of Preconceptional Medicine and Management
The first comprehensive textbook of its kind on this subject, explaining not only "how does this disease or condition affect pregnancy?" but also "how will pregnancy affect this condition or disease?" Contains 33 specialist chapters authored by 62 expert contributors.
Edited by: Mahantesh Karoshi, Sandra Newbold, Christopher B-Lynch and Louis G. Keith
Published by The Global Library of Women's Medicine (2012)

Advances in Labour and Risk Management Textbook
A Program to Reduce Maternal and Neonatal Mortality and Morbidity
Published by The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC) (2012)

Family Planning
A Global Handbook for Providers
Evidence-based guidance developed through worldwide collaboration
Published by World Health Organization (WHO) (2011)