ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING/CONFERENCE

• SOGON holds its annual conference/General meeting every year between the third and fourth weeks of November attended by stakeholders within and outside Nigeria.
SOGON holds one International congress in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja every four years.

• It hears reports, approves the accounts and elects the officers and new members of the Executive Board for the ensuring three-year term.

• The most recent General Assembly took place in Kano State, Nigeria, in October 2009. The next will take place in xxxx, Nigeria, in 2011. All registered members and participants at the Congress are welcome to attend the sessions of the General Assembly.

PROGRAMMES AND ACTIVITIES OF SOGON
The programme and activities carried out by the organization includes

• A strategic plan developed for 2000-2010 aimed at reducing maternal deaths by 50% (Vision 2010).
• Developing protocols on the management of common obstetric and Gynaecological conditions.
• Conducting regular update courses on contemporary Obstetric and Gynaecological issues.
• Partnering with governments and donor agencies on maternal and newborn health.
• Conducting research on maternal and neonatal health.
•  Extensive advocacy network throughout Nigeria for the promotion of women and newborn health.

ON-GOING PROJECTS

• SOGON is one of the Member Association sponsored by FIGO to participate in the Leadership of Obstetrics and Gynaecology for Impact and Change (LOGIC) project which used to be known as saving the mother and Newborn Health (SMNH) Project (2006 to date).
• Working with Macarthur Foundation Nigeria, onmaternal mortality reduction using a key strategy - Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care (EmONC) in six States of Nigeria with skilled attendants as the fulcrum (2004 to date).
• Working with IPAS Nigeria, on Post abortion Care (PAC)
• Developed a STRUCTURE that will enhance SOGON participation in the maternal reduction efforts at the grass root towards contributing to the attainment of MDG 5 (improving maternal health.