Annual report of the Women's Health Care Committee, Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2018

Since 2010, the Women's Health Care Committee has addressed important issues linked to women's quality of life. The five agendas this committee has engaged this academic year are: (i) clinical study of urinary complications in perinatal and postpartum women's health care; (ii) education on infectious diseases prophylaxis in obstetrics and gynecology in Japan; (iii) educational activities regarding management guidelines for a female athlete's health care; (iv) training program for women's healthcare advisers; and (v) pregnancy- and lactation-associated osteoporosis (PLOP). The detailed activities of the five subcommittees are described herein. This report is based on the Japanese version of our annual report (Acta Obst Gynaec Jpn 2018; 70: 1538–1546), which publicizes the activities of our committee.