WONCA News

June, 2017

We are delighted to invite you to the 22nd WONCA Europe Conference that will be held in Prague, Czech Republic from June 28 to July 1, 2017. - Information on the scientific programme, skills lab and fun run.

June, 2017

The government of Ukraine, together with the WHO-office in Kiev, is engaged in a process of transformation of the health care system, strengthening primary care and family medicine. Dr. Kees van Boven and Prof. Jan De Maeseneer gave a two-days training workshop for 50 family doctors, coming from the different Oblasts (“Provinces” in Ukraine), in Kiev.

June, 2017

A workshop titled ‘Point-of-Care Testing for Today’s Family Doctor: Innovations and Applications’ was presented on behalf of the WONCA Special Interest Group on Point-of-Care Testing at the 14th WONCA World Rural Health Conference in Cairns, Australia from 29th April – 2nd May 2017.

June, 2017

A task group of the WONCA Working Party for Mental Health, led by Alan Cohen (UK) and Kim Griswold (USA) has developed guidance to enable family doctors to care more effectively for their patients with severe mental illness.

June, 2017

Growing together in diversity is an interactive art- science project which will be performed by Swiss artists, at the coming WONCA Europe conference, in Prague, under the umbrella of the WONCA Special Interest Group on Complexities in Health.

June, 2017

​World Family Doctor Day grows and grows in popularity. The theme of depression was taken up with enthusiasm. See reports , videos photos from around the globe here.

May, 2017

Since I last wrote, we have had the WONCA Rural Conference in Cairns Australia, the World Health Assembly in Geneva, and World Family Doctor Day. We have also continued the work of Executive in the different regions, seen some new members and had news from many different areas of new and exciting developments in family medicine.

May, 2017

En 2016, el Colegio Noruego de Práctica Generalista publicó un manifiesto acerca del sobrediagnóstico. Más tarde, en el mismo año, la Federación Nórdica de Práctica Generalista (Nordic Federation of General Practice, NFGP) en colaboración con los médicos de familia de Dinamarca, Finlandia, Islandia, Noruega y Suecia se añadieron a los puntos que defendía el manifiesto.

May, 2017

Desde la última vez que escribí, hemos tenido el Congreso de WONCA Rural en Cairns (Australia), la Asamblea Mundial de Salud en Ginebra y el Día Internacional de la Medicina de Familia y del Médico de Familia. También hemos continuado trabajando en el Ejecutivo acerca de diferentes regiones, vistos algunos de los nuevos miembros (¡Bienvenida Indonesia a la familia de WONCA!), y hemos recibido noticias desde muy diferentes áreas acerca de los progresos que está haciendo la Medicina de Familia.

May, 2017

El 19 de mayo es nuestro día especial del año, es el día en el que nos recordamos a nosotros mismos y al resto del mundo que nuestro trabajo merece tanto reconocimiento como celebración. Muchas de nuestras organizaciones miembro lo planean con antelación, y sus eventos aparecen en el sitio web de WONCA para que todos y todas podamos disfrutarlos y compartirlos