WONCA News

March, 2019

Utilizing various forms of social media to reach the general public is a tool we can continually improve. The use of Targeted Rural Health Education to enhance the health of rural North Dakotans is a novel approach to community education. Kamille S Sherman, co-director of Family Medicine Clerkship and Rural Opportunities in Medical Education, at the University of North Dakota, describes a program of student-led writing to address a local health concern: Targeted Rural Health Education (TRHE).

March, 2019

It’s less than two months until the WONCA Asia Pacific region (APR) conference, in Kyoto. We are now in the full swing of final preparations. More than 500 papers have been submitted and participants from more than 40 countries have already registered.

March, 2019

WONCA President, Donald Li, writes on a topic, which he is passionate about. "We need to build our understanding of the risks and develop appropriate training for family doctors. By doing so, we can ensure that we contribute in the most effective ways possible, alongside the growing body of professionals who plan for and respond to the worst of situations to befall a community."

March, 2019

Our hearts go out to all of you.

March, 2019

Dr Ruth Wilson of Canada, reports on the WHO consultative meeting “Implementing WHO’s Global Patient Safety Challenge: Medication without harm. Country guidance.” The meeting took place from November 22 – 23, 2018, in Geneva.

March, 2019

Dr Michaela Macháčová, president of the 24th WONCA Europe Conference 2019, writes about the conference coming to Bratislava, Slovakia from June 26 - 29, 2019.

March, 2019

Le professeur Sir Andy Haines s’exprime sur la « Déclaration encourageant les médecins de famille du monde à agir sur la santé planétaire » -résultat du groupe de travail de WONCA sur l’environnement et du groupe de travail de l’alliance de cliniciens pour la santé planétaire

February, 2019

El Profesor Sir Andy Haines escribe acerca de la “Declaración llamando a los médicos de familia para actuar sobre la salud planetaria” – un resultado del Grupo de Trabajo de la WONCA en Medio Ambiente y los Médicos en Salud de la Alianza Planetaria para el Grupo de Trabajo en Salud Planetaria.

February, 2019

After the WHO Executive Board, in January, and the signing of our landmark MOU with WHO, we are now into the process of discussing and agreeing with our WHO colleagues what we can usefully work on together, to further the primary care and family medicine agenda. The MOU acknowledges the key role played by family doctors globally in the delivery of primary health care.

February, 2019

Prof Sir Andy Haines writes about the "Declaration calling for the family doctors of the world to act on planetary health" - a result of the WONCA Working Party on the Environment and the Planetary Health Alliance Clinicians for Planetary Health Working Grou