WONCA News

September, 2019

In "Education for Primary Care", we offer free access this month to “Spiritual care training and the GP curriculum: where to now?” Appleby et al.

September, 2019

​The attached statement on Equity was submitted by Mehmet Ungan, WONCA Europe President, on behalf of WONCA Europe, for WHO Europe RC69: "Promoting Equıty for a Better Quality of Health Care for All Europeans"

September, 2019

With equity at the heart of the conference, WONCA 2020 promises to deliver an inspiring and diverse programme of plenary sessions, panel discussions, skills workshops and debates which explore the theme of: Family Medicine - leading the way towards an advanced world of equity, quality and compassion.

September, 2019

More Goodfellow Unit GEMS have been loaded this month. What is a GEM? Gems are chosen by the Goodfellow Unit director Dr Bruce Arroll to be either practice changing or practice maintaining. The information is educational and not clinical advice. ©The Goodfellow Unit, Auckland, New Zealand.

September, 2019

We encourage all family doctors in the world to celebrate together on September 17, 2019, World Patient Safety Day. We all take part to build a safer health system.

August, 2019

A principios de este año, durante la Asamblea de la Organización Mundial de la Salud, WONCA llegó al acuerdo de trabajar para conseguir difundir la importancia del trabajo de los equipos de Atención Primaria a la hora de conseguir la cobertura universal de salud.

August, 2019

Plus on est préparé aux situations adverses, que ce soit un désastre ou un soulèvement de caractère local, plus il est probable que les médecins de famille seront en position de continuer leurs prestations de services et plus il est probable que les patients continueront à avoir accès aux services nécessaires.

August, 2019

The more we can do to prepare for adverse situations, whether it is a disaster or a locality based upheaval of some sort, the more likely it is that family doctors will be in a position to continue to offer the services required, and the more likely it is that patients will continue to have access to those necessary services.

August, 2019

In November, the IX EURIPA Forum will take place in the beautiful city of Ponta Delgada, located in the Atlantic island of São Miguel, Azores, Portugal.

August, 2019

This month the Spice Route, Vasco da Gama, Rajakumar and Al Razi Movements for Young Doctors provide updates on activities over the past few months..