Announcements and Updates

September, 2020

We are looking for a Communications and Public Relations Officer to work for the new Secretariat of WONCA based in Brussels.

June, 2020

WONCA is seeking to contract a reputable and experienced AMC, which will work with the Secretariat

June, 2020

The Besrour Centre for Global Family Medicine (Besrour Centre) at the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) , thanks to the generous support of the CFPC’s Foundation for the Advancement of Family Medicine (FAFM), is seeking proposals for a Global COVID-19 pandemic innovation response for grants up to $50,000 Canadian dollars (CAD). More information in English (et en Français).

April, 2020

We’re happy for Member Organizations to develop their own theme for FDD, depending on local priorities, but this year we’d especially like to highlight the theme that relevant to challenges and responsibilities of family doctors in the new global coronavirus outbreak. – "Family doctors on the front line".

March, 2018

The Taiwan Family Medicine Research Award (TFMRA) was established by the Chinese Taipei Association of Family Medicine in 2008. It will support three junior family physicians to attend the WONCA World Conference and applications are welcome from all WONCA regions.

December, 2017

There is a SPAM email which appears to be from Amanda Howe seeking money to be sent to the Philippines to help a colleague. IGNORE THIS EMAIL.

August, 2017

Dr Shigeaki HINOHARA who was the most eminent physician in Japan died on July 18, 2017 at the age of 105.

April, 2017

Applications are sought for this year's Dr Atai Anne Deborah Omoruto Scholarship Award for an African woman to attend the 2017 WONCA Africa conference in Pretoria.

March, 2017

WONCA CEO, Garth Manning, has written a letter to member organisations informing them of an exciting development of a new global jobs board on the WONCA website.

February, 2017

The time has come to seek applications from doctors from these two regions for Montegut scholarships, allowing one doctor from each region to attend regional conferences in August. This year there will be two awards for the Africa region and one for the Iberoamericana region.