Regional News

July, 2013

Family medicine leaders from the North America Region met in Prague prior to the World Council meeting.

May, 2013

The first National Conference on Family Medicine and Primary Care was organised by Academy of Family Physicians of India in collaboration with The Spice Route Movement and supported by WONCA. The Research Methodology workshop held during the conference was organised by the South Asia Primary Care Research Network.

April, 2013

WONCA Europe Five Star Doctor 2013 is Dr Athanasios Symeonidis, of Greece.

February, 2013

Dr Tomlin Paul, who lives in Jamaica, but was born in Trinidad, has been awarded the WONCA North America five –star doctor award.

February, 2013

The International Research Methodology Conference for Primary Care Physicians was held on January 19–20, 2013. The theme of the conference was Strengthening Primary Care Research through Family Doctors. This event was two days’ of hands-on workshop covering all the important topics of research methodology.

January, 2013

Dr Rob Dijkstra appointed as President of the Dutch College of General Practitioners

December, 2012

The AAFP International Networking Meeting was one of the special events during the AAFP Scientific Assembly, in Philadelphia. It was organized by the International Activities Office to provide AAFP members interested in global health with an extra opportunity to share, network and develop connections that potentially would lead to opportunities for individual physicians, educators or institutions to collaborate.

December, 2012

WONCA North America Region organizations got together for their annual meeting during the recent AAFP Scientific Assembly held in Philadelphia.

December, 2012

African family doctors now have their own discussion area in the WONCA discussion forum. With 34 discussion threads posted in only three weeks by Dr Shabir Moosa, chair of the WONCA Africa Communications Sub-Committee - there is something to interest everyone.

December, 2012

El profesor Job FM Metsemakers aceptó amablemente ser entrevistado por la editora de WONCA, en Viena, en Julio de 2012. Es Secretario de WONCA Europa desde hace 5 años.