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The International Menopause Society (IMS) is a non-profit association, within the meaning of the Swiss Civil Code. It was created in 1978 in Jerusalem during the Menopause Congress and currently has members in 62 countries. In addition to organizing congresses, symposia, and workshops, the IMS publishes a quarterly newsletter and owns its own journal: Climacteric, the Journal of the International Menopause Society, published by Informa Healthcare. The IMS has two sub-organs: CAMS, the Council of Affiliated Menopause Societies, and the WSSM, the World School for the Study of the Menopause.

Aims
The aims of the IMS are "to promote knowledge, study and research on all aspects of aging in men and women; to organize, prepare, hold and participate in international meetings and congresses on menopause and climacteric; and to encourage the interchange of research plans and experience between individual members."

Resources and Publications

 * Climacteric, the Journal of the International Menopause Society (IMS), was founded in 1998 and has become a leader in publishing peer-reviewed research on the menopause. It publishes international, original, peer-reviewed research on all aspects of aging in men and women, especially during the menopause and climacteric. The content of the journal covers the whole range of subject areas relevant to climacteric studies and adult women’s health and medicine, including underlying endocrinological changes, treatment of the symptoms of the menopause and other age-related changes, hormone replacement therapies, alternative therapies, effective life-style modifications, non-hormonal midlife changes, and the counselling and education of perimenopausal and postmenopausal patients.


 * Menopause live is a service offered via email by the International Menopause Society. It offers recently published commentaries on scientific papers that may be of interest to members of the IMS.

Council of Affiliated Menopause Societies (CAMS)
CAMS is one of the Organs of the International Menopause Society. It was created to provide a democratic forum with equal membership and voting rights for all national societies affiliated with the IMS regardless of their size. There are currently 48 national or regional menopause societies on the board of CAMS.

World School for the Study of Menopause (WSSM)
The aim of the WSSM is to promote knowledge among health-care providers on menopause-related issues. It provides courses, educational programs and lectures in the field of adult women's health and menopause in liaison with national or regional menopause societies when requested.