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J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol (1996) 9:103
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ALOGIA is the Latin American Association for Pediatric and Adolescent Obstetrics and Gynecology. ALOGIA has held four World Congresses on Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecologyhosting some 900 professionals from many Latin American countries who treat these patients.Member countries include: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico,Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The goals of ALOGIA are to promote and developpediatric and adolescent gynecology within the Latin American region using a comprehensivebiopsychosocial approach to the reproductive health of young women. ALOGIA trains professionals in diagnosing and treating the pediatric and adolescent gynecological patient and has publishedmany textbooks as well as journals featuring research within the region. ALOGIA comprises 12 ofthe most populated countries on the South American continent, containing over 47 million adolescent women. ALOGIA now has a permanent representative on the Executive Board of FIGIJ andhas selected Argentina, the country with the oldest and most members, to be the venue for theXIIIth World Congress of FIGIJ to be held in 2002. ALOGIA-President: Dr. Jose Maria MendezRibas (Adolescence Programme, Pediatric Gynecology; Section, Hospital de Clinicas, Cordoba2351, Buenos Aires, Argentina). Secretary: Dra. B. Pereyra Pacheco; Treasurer: Dra. A. ColI.