WONCA News

January, 2019

We announce our call for applications for the Air Health Train the Trainer Program. This program is run by WONCA through the Working Party on the Environment, which aims to increase awareness among family doctors and other primary healthcare practitioners in Lower and Middle Income countries about the health risks of exposure to air pollution,

January, 2019

Dr Pratyush Kumar, WONCA executive, member at large, and chair of WONCA Rural South Asia is happy to share with you all his Geriatric Health Calendar 2019. Pratyush has created other health calendars in previous years but this year’s focus is on geriatric issues.

December, 2018

La période de décembreest sans doute une période de vacances pour certains, mais pas pour WONCA! Nous avons été plus occupés que jamais. A la suite de la conférence d’Astana, nous avons continué notre relation avec l’OMS en vue de nos engagements auprès d’eux et du développement de nouvelles collaborations sur toute une gamme de questions.

December, 2018

对不少人来说，12月及ｌ月总是洋溢着假日气氛的季节，但是WONCA却更为繁忙地推展着一浪接一浪的工作 !

December, 2018

Es probable que el próximo periodo entre diciembre y enero sea una época de vacaciones para algunos o algunas, pero ¡no para la WONCA! Nosotros estamos más ocupados que nunca. Tras el Congreso de Astaná hemos continuado estrechando nuestra relación con la Organización Mundial de la Salud para seguir revisando nuestro compromiso con ellos y desarrollar mayores colaboraciones en toda una serie de problemáticas pendientes.

December, 2018

Raquel Gomez Bravo shares with you two of the official videos of the TEDxUniversityOfLuxembourg that have been organised in the university with speakers, Prof Richard Roberts "Healing by Numbers", and Sara Rigon, "Virginity testing".

December, 2018

WONCA's Young Doctors' representative on World Executive, Ana Nunes Barata (Portugal), is coordinating regular news from our seven region Young Doctors' Movements.

December, 2018

Alice McGushin (UK) of the WONCA Working Party on the Environment writes on recent activities and events on climate change and health: the launch of the 2018 report for the “Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change” and COP24 - the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Katowice.

December, 2018

December might be holiday season for some but not for WONCA! We have been busier than ever. After the Astana conference, we have continued to liaise closely with WHO to review our engagement with them, and to develop further collaborations on a range of issues. There has been significant progress in terms of recognition of the importance of family medicine to achieve the goal of Universal Health Coverage.

December, 2018

Greetings to all WONCA members from the WONCA Secretariat in Bangkok. We wish all members a very happy and successful 2019, and we hope to meet as many of you as possible at WONCA events throughout the year.