The society (OGSB) was founded in the year 1972 and is registered with Government of Peoples’ Republic of Bangladesh. Like any other professional societies its activity was confined to seminar, symposium and conferences in addition to occasional social gathering. After Safe Motherhood Conference in 1987 the society redefined its role in Safe Motherhood and series of workshops were held to get the
members involved in Safe Motherhood Initiatives (SMI). Since then, OGSB became a professional body supporting Government, Development Partners and NGOs in all technical issues in SMI, MNH, EmOC and Reproductive Health. OGSB has at the moment (30-11-2013) 1297 members working throughout the country.