Regional News

June, 2016

Ruth Wilson, region president reports: member organizations of the North American region of WONCA remained strong and active in the past year. All held successful and well-attended meetings in 2015.

June, 2016

The legacy of the WONCA Europe 2016 conference is a result of collaboration between the Host Organizing Committee, WONCA Europe Council and WONCA Europe Executive board. European Family Doctors call for Joint Action with Heads and Hearts!

May, 2016

Dr Jo Buchanan, president of EURACT reports - a visit to Ukraine. Following the council meeting in Budapest meeting I travelled to Uzghorod in the Ukraine with Pavlo Kolesnyk, at the invitation of Professor Ivan Chopey where I spoke at a national Conference of Family Doctors on the development of Family medicine in Europe.

April, 2016

We are delighted to present the first edition of the ”programme at a glance” for WONCA Europe 2016. We received a record-large number of session proposals and abstracts. Based on external reviews and a thorough assessment by the energetic Scientific Committee, we are proud of the result.

April, 2016

On the first day of the WONCA EMR conference in Dubai, the Al Razi Young Doctors’ Movement was privileged to present their first workshop in a regional conference

April, 2016

A Message from WONCA Europe President, Prof Job FM Metsemakers on the launch of the first WONCA Europe newsletter.

March, 2016

On 25 February 2016, an exciting event occurred in Malawi, the launch of postgraduate family medicine training. Malawi is a landlocked country of about 17 million people in Southern Africa, one of the least developed nations in the world, but known as the warm heart of Africa.

February, 2016

Family Medicine is rapidly evolving in Africa. By the year 2000, family medicine was well known only in South Africa and Nigeria. However by 2016, efforts to promote the discipline were underway in almost all African countries. This article summarises developments in Uganda.

February, 2016

It is planned to launch the WONCA Rural South Asia (WoRSA) health group formally during forthcoming WONCA-SAR conference in Feb 2016.

January, 2016

WONCA Europe comes to Copenhagen - June 15-18, 2016 - Please note that the deadline for abstract submission has been extended until 5 February 2016