WONCA News

June, 2012

The workshop of the Giotto Movement was held in Bologna on April 21, 2012. During the first session, the Giotto Movement; WONCA and its Networks and Working Groups; the Vasco da Gama Movement and its history in Italy and in Europe were presented. Various ‘exchanges’ (The Hippocrates Exchange, RCGP/AiT, LOVAH/WES and SoMaMFyC) were also presented and participants shared their experiences.

June, 2012

The first issue of the Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care (JFMPC) covering January - June 2012, Vol 1 Issue 1, is published. JFMPC is the official publication of the Academy of Family Physicians of India (AFPI). Dr Raman Kumar, president AFPI is also the chief editor of the JFMPC.

June, 2012

The College of Family Medicine in Pakistan, has arranged lectures by Dr David M Chaput De Saintonge and Dr Andrew Roger Charley from the UK Prime Organisation, for our trainee MRCGP (Int) South Asia participants. Prof Waris Qidwai and Dr Marie Andreadis of the Aga Khan University (AKU) arranged a program on the subject of Whole Person Medicine, which was highlighted by both the speakers and appreciated very much by the participants.

June, 2012

Family doctors in Ghana celebrated World Family Doctor Day with a publication in a leading newspaper which gives all of us some interesting background to family medicine in Ghana.

June, 2012

The biggest gathering of family doctors was held at Najmuddin Auditorium, in Karachi and the chief guest speaker was the Honorable Sardar Muhammad Yasin Malik, chairman of Hilton Pharma (Pvt.) Ltd. Also speaking was Dr Aziz Khan Tank, Secretary General, of the College of Family Medicine Pakistan. Their speeches are featured here.

June, 2012

一个职业军人的漫长生涯教会他如何讲故事，如何喝烈性酒，这两者他都不吝惜与人分享。他一边从一个小的陶瓷杯里面呡着白酒，一边如数家珍地讲述了他当年二战抗日战争时期做为步兵小鬼的故事。他的任务就是将北平从日军手中解放出来。在接下来的一个小时内，他回顾了70年间他亲眼见证重大历史事件，世界大战变成美苏冷战，然后是文化大革命，天安门广场示威游行，再之后经济形势日新月异，和接下来的北京奥运会。

June, 2012

The 19th WONCA Asia-Pacific Regional Conference was held from 24–27 May, 2012, at the International Conference Center in the scenic island of Jeju, South Korea.

June, 2012

This year has seen a phenomenal expansion in the activities for World Family Doctor Day. Celebration of the day seems to have been taken up in more countries than in 2011, and as you will see in the report in this issue, the variety of activities is quite inspiring.

June, 2012

May 19 is the date for World Family Doctor Day. This year was the second time that this day has been celebrated

April, 2012

I landed in Havana with modest expectations. En route from Panama, I reflected on some of the concerns that tempered my enthusiasm about traveling to Cuba for the third Congress of the WONCA Iberoamericana-CIMF region.