WONCA News

March, 2018

Professor Amanda Howe, President of WONCA was invited to Algeria, in February 2018, by the Société Algérienne de Médecine Générale. This is the shortened English version of her very interesting keynote speech about ‘Family Medicine in the World’. Le version français est aussi disponible.

March, 2018

Eva ‘Irene’ Yu Maglonzo MD has just completed her two year term as president of the Philippine Academy of Family Physicians (PAFP). Here she reflects on two years’ of achievements. “Each one of us can make a difference. Together we make change”

March, 2018

This week all WONCA Member Organizations were sent this statement on the situation in Eastern Ghouta.

March, 2018

MRCGP (Int) will provide a grant amount of USD 2500 per year to support young GPs of The Spice Route movement in certain educational activities.

February, 2018

Meeting together across our global community is a really important means of sharing good practice, encouraging mutual support and professional development, and creating and maintaining formal policy and processes. I do hope that as many people as possible will attend at least one WONCA conference this year, and that we particularly succeed in gathering our global community together in South Korea

February, 2018

Una de las cuestiones que nuestros miembros nos dicen acerca de lo que más valoran de WONCA es su viabilidad a la hora de defender nuestros intereses a nivel de la Organización Mundial de la Salud. Invertimos tiempo, energías y dinero intentando que tu voz pueda ser escuchada en diferentes actividades la Organización Mundial de la Salud.

February, 2018

Kyle Hoedebecke, inaugural chair of Polaris, the WONCA Young Doctors’ Movement in North America was recently selected as the US Army Physician of the Year. he has been working in South Korea for two years and here he talks of "My experience working in South Korea"

February, 2018

This month I want to return to the theme of WONCA conferences and events. These are important landmarks in our calendar, as they afford a great opportunity to meet up with old friends, to make some new friends, and to share areas of interest with colleagues from all around the world.

February, 2018

​​Nos rencontres internationales sont un véritable moyen de partager les bonnes pratiques, d’encourager le soutien mutuel et la formation continue et de créer et maintenir des politiques et processus formels. J’espère que le plus grand nombre possible de membres assisteront au moins à l’une de nos conférences cette année

February, 2018

Que nuestra comunidad global pueda reunirse en todo el mundo es una forma realmente importante de compartir buenas prácticas, alentar el apoyo mutuo y el desarrollo profesional, y crear y mantener políticas y procesos formales. Espero que el mayor número de gente posible asista a, por lo menos, una conferencia de WONCA este año, y que tengamos éxito a la hora de reunir a nuestra comunidad global en Corea del Sur, en octubre.