Dear guests,
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the official web portal for the 57th Annual academic congress of the Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists which will be held from 30th of August to 1st of September 2024 at the Galadari Hotel, Colombo. This is the most anticipated event of the academic calendar year, with the participation of several reputed international and national speakers in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology who will be sharing updated knowledge and expertise amongst participants.

This year’s congress under the timely theme of “Quality health care through standards in training and service delivery – a right for all women” has an enriched scientific program, which includes the prestigious Prof. D A Ranasinghe oration, Dr Rohana Haththotuwa oration, Dr P Dissanayake endowment lecture, several symposia, free communications and sessions by international organizations such as RCOG, RANZCOG and SAFOG. This exciting program is further supplemented by several interesting pre congress and post congress workshops as well as social events fostering fellowship.

I would like to sincerely thank the international and national speakers for their participation and contribution. I wish to thank the scientific and abstract committees, SLCOG council, members and the SLCOG staff for all their dedication and hard work. I would also wish to express my gratitude for the sponsors of the event for their generous contributions.

I wish you all enjoy the rich academic program organized and hope to see you all at the congress!
Best wishe

Dr Achintha Dissanayake
Secretary – Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists

I am pleased to convey this message to the official congress web portal of the upcoming 57^th Annual Academic Congress of the Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. I am delighted to welcome all the participants and speakers to the Scientific Congress held on 30th August – 1^st September 2024 at the Galadari Hotel, Colombo.

This year the conference focuses on “Quality health care through standards in training and service delivery” – A right of all women. The Academic Congress includes seven pre-congress workshops,

plenary sessions, symposia, ‘Young Gynaecologist Award’ session and free paper presentations. Highlights of the congress are Prof. D A Ranasinghe Oration,Dr.Rohana Haththotuwa Oration, P Dissanayake endowment lecture, RANZCOG session, AOFOG session, RCOG session and SAFOG symposium.

I would like to thank all our speakers who made all the efforts to synthesize materials and their wide experiences to deliver distinguished talks. I want to express our deepest appreciation to the authors of the free papers whose contributions are presented in these proceedings.

I greatly appreciate the support I received from the scientific and abstract committees and the

office staff of SLCOG. A special thank is extended to our sponsors for being with the SLCOG over the years and for their generous contributions.

Further, I wish all the speakers and participants good luck and an enjoyable scientific session.

Dr Mangala Dissanayake

President

Sri Lanka College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Dear participants and esteemed guests,

As the Chairman of Scientific Activities and Research of Sri Lanka Collage of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, I welcome you with great pleasure and honour for Annual Scientific Congress – 2024 which is planned to be held on 30th, 31st of August and 1st of September. Our theme for this 57th Annual Scientific Sessions is “Quality Health Care Through Standards in Training and Service Delivery – a right of all women”.

The quality health care is the key for up lifting women’s health for enhancing clinical outcome of women and off spring. It should be accessible and freely available for the well being of women and in turn will be productive to the country.

The Annual Scientific Congress is organized with prime objective of sharing and disseminating updated knowledge among main stakeholders in the field of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. It includes pre congress workshops, plenary sessions, symposia and free paper presentations. It will be a platform to achieve our objectives of seeking for recent advances and in making professional relationships with eminent characters in the field of interest.

I hope this will be very successful and will bring the advance management strategies to women’s health care in the country.

Dr Darshana Abeygunawardana
Chairman Scientific Activities & Research SLCOG