Feature Stories

July, 2017

At the recent WONCA Europe conference in Prague, WONCA President, Professor Amanda Howe, signed a Memorandum of Understanding jointly with Dr Jaime Correia de Sousa, President of the International Primary Care Respiratory Group.

July, 2017

Just before the opening ceremony of the WONCA Europe conference in Prague, the WONCA editor, Dr Karen Flegg, joined a group of four colleagues from Italy and one from the UK on a practice visit.

July, 2017

Prof Mehmet Ungan, WONCA Europe President Elect, of Turkey, writes to colleagues asking them to consider signing the #withrefugees petition as June 20, was World Refugee Day.

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

In only two weeks we celebrate World Family Doctor Day (FDD) on May 19. WONCA’s Member Organizations are making plans for their various celebrations and in June we hope to publish some of these.

March, 2017

In recent weeks a story on the Primary Care crisis in Northern Ireland written by our colleague Michael Smyth has stimulated enormous discussion on the WONCA Working Party on Rural practice google group. If you are not a member, find out what all the fuss is about as Michael writes for WONCA News.

March, 2017

Professor Michael Kidd, WONCA Immediate Past President updates us on his latest activities and gives us two great resources relating to the importance of primary care.

December, 2016

At the WONCA World conference in Rio, various WONCA award winners were announced. Many winners are well known leaders in WONCA and family medicine.

December, 2016

WONCA World has a new Executive Committee who will serve until November 2016.Our first woman President,, Prof Amanda Howe, has just taken over from Prof Michael Kidd.

December, 2016

Marc Rivo, MD MPH, past WONCA editor (2001-2010) of WONCA News, received the prestigious WONCA Fellowship, in Rio, in November 2016. The current WONCA Editor asked him to write about his activities and passions. Marc is President of the Southeast Region of the American Friends of Bar Ilan University, and supporter with his wife Karen of the BIU Medical School and its Department of Population Health. He has chosen to write about his involvement in the BIU hoping it is of interest to WONCA Members.