WONCA News

February, 2019

随着WONCA于一月出席世界卫生组织执行委员会会议，以及签订具标志性的谅解备忘录后，我们正密锣紧鼓地与世卫组织进行商讨，认同可有效地就基层医疗和家庭医学议题展开更多的合作， 而备忘录亦已清楚确认了家庭医生在基层医疗所担当的重要角色。

February, 2019

Prof Val Wass OBE, Chair WONCA Working Party on Education writes: The editorial “If a clod bee washed away by the Sea……” (John Donne) argues the importance of collaborating globally to move education research forward. The affiliation with WONCA is at the heart of this. This month's free access article is from Felicity Goodyear-Smith in 'Education for Primary Care'. ​

February, 2019

Greetings again from Bangkok. This month I want to highlight World Family Doctor Day, which will take place on 19th May, and also feature the start of the WONCA conference season. This year we’d especially like to highlight the role of family doctors in providing life- long care to their patients – “from cradle to grave”.

February, 2019

Tras la reunión de la Ejecutiva de la OMS del pasado mes de enero, y la firma de nuestro marco de referencia basado en nuestro Memorándum de Entendimiento (MOU) con la Organización Mundial de la Salud, ahora mismo nos encontramos en el proceso de debatir y acordar con el resto de nuestros colegas de la OMS en qué podemos trabajar de forma conjunta, con el fin de profundizar más en la agenda de la Atención Primaria y la Medicina de Familia.

February, 2019

Adrián Castellote is semFYC’s representative in WONCA Europe’s Network, EURIPA – the organisation for doctors from rural and remote areas in Europe. He is now embarking on a working trip on a sailing expedition to Antarctica. Follow his footsteps live with semFYC with hasgtag # MFenAntártida This is the second installment about his journey.

February, 2019

The USA’s National Rural Health Association (NRHA) and University of New Mexico (UNM) Health Sciences Center have partnered to bring the 16th WONCA World Rural Health conference to the United States for the first time in eight years. Save the date for October 12-15, 2019 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Call for posters and presentation proposals is open until March 29.

February, 2019

he ASPIRE Global Leader Program, an initiative led by the WONCA Young Doctors’ Movement (YDM), has been developed to augment the skills of medical students, residents, and junior GPs/FPs, and simultaneously increasing their involvement i

February, 2019

​WONCA International Classification Committee (WICC) chair, Prof Thomas Kühlein, writes the January 2019 report of WICC

February, 2019

WONCA Asia Pacific region (APR) conference in Kyoto will provide the chance to observe Japanese medical clinics. An impressive list of speakers are assembled for our keynote and plenary sessions. Registration deadline for regular registration is March 11, 2019 (Japan Time).

February, 2019

WONCA is pleased to work in partnership with the World Health Organisation to assist in implementing the WHO recommended guidelines on family violence. Drawing on a wealth of knowledge and experience, WONCA’s primary care experts from the Special Interest Group on Family Violence are available to provide a range of international consultancies.