Regional News

November, 2018

A brief report from Asia Pacific region president, Prof Meng-Chih Lee, (Taiwan) listing the new region executive an goals for the coming biennium.

November, 2018

Prof Nobutaro Ban provides more information about the WONCA Asia Pacific region conference coming to Kyoto in May 2019. This includes topics for presentations and discussion. Registration is open as are calls for abstracts for workshops presentations etc.

November, 2018

Read the 2019 WONCA Africa region conference welcome message from new WONCA Africa president Shabir Moosa and find out all conference details. Early Bird registration closes December 31 as does abstract submission.

September, 2018

The WONCA Europe conference is coming to Bratislava, Slovakia in 2019. Call for abstracts and registration are both open. Find out more about the lovely city of Bratislava!

September, 2018

This is the second announcement in WONCA News about the WONCA Asia Pacific region conference coming in 2019 to Kyoto, Japan. The conference will be held from May 15-18, 2019 and this item lists important dates for registration and abstracts.

August, 2018

This is the first announcement in WONCA News about the WONCA Asia Pacific region conference coming in 2019 to Kyoto, Japan. The conference will be held from May 15-18, 2019

July, 2018

WHO EMRO Regional Director, His Excellency Dr Ahmad Almandari visited Jordan recently. During his short stay, a WONCA East Mediterranean region (EMR) delegation comprised of Dr Mohammed Tarawneh, WONCA EMR president; Dr Mohamed Rasoul Tarawneh, Jordanian Society of Family Medicine president; and Dr Oraib Alsmadi, WONCA EMR treasurer; (all from Jordan) were able to arrange a meeting

July, 2018

Dr Jacqueline Ponzo, president-elect of WONCA Iberoamericana- CIMF Region was recently interviewed in Barcelona while attending the semFYC (Spanish Society of Family Medicine) #BCNsemFYC Conference. This is a short version of the interview.

July, 2018

Prof Louis Ferrant, of Belgium, is WONCA Europe’s 5 Star Doctor for 2018. We congratulate Louis on this achievement. ouis’ nomination demonstrates that meets the criteria for a 5 Star Doctor (care provider, communicator, community leader, decision maker, team member) as follows..

July, 2018

Driven by the Future Plan for WONCA Europe 2016-2019 (our strategic document for the triennium with the three main goals to build identity, increase visibility and exert influence), the activities of our organisation were reviewed by the WONCA Europe Council in Krakow.