WONCA News

March, 2017

Chris Dowrick, newly elected chair of the WONCA Working Party on Mental Health, writes the second of his updates since our conference in Rio - speaking on activities of the working party and also on WONCA's decision to use depression as the theme for World Family Doctor Day on May 19.

March, 2017

I attended the Executive Board of WHO in late January with Dr Manning. Much of the Assembly was preoccupied with the election of the next Secretary General, which will occur in May 2017. There were several items on the agenda where we gave statements on behalf of WONCA - on workforce, and also migrant health.

March, 2017

I had reported that WONCA, at its October 2016 Council, had approved the formation of several new Special Interest Groups (SIGs) – in Non-Communicable Diseases; Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine; Men’s Health; Health Equity; Genetics; Emergency Medicine; Quaternary Prevention; and Workers’ Health.

March, 2017

John Wynn-Jones, Chair of the WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice speaks of his hopes for the 14th WONCA Rural health conference coming up in Cairns at the end of April.

March, 2017

Growing together in diversity is the main motto of our conference. This newsletter considers interviews from two speakers, Harris Lygidakis and Cyril Hoeschl.

March, 2017

Prof Val Wass, the new chair of the WONCA Working Party on Education sets out the group's coming priorities and activities.

March, 2017

A finales de enero fui al Consejo Ejecutivo de la Organización Mundial de la Salud con el Doctor Manning. Buena parte de la Asamblea estaba preocupada acerca de la elección del nuevo Secretario General, que tendrá lugar en mayo de 2017. De todos modos, hubo diversos elementos en la agenda en la que pusimos puntos en común en nombre de WONCA – también en el ámbito personal – tanto en lo referente al personal sanitario como a los inmigrantes sanitarios, puesto que para ambos de ellos ya disponemos de una política disponible.

March, 2017

J’ai assisté au Conseil d’administration de l’OMS (Organisation mondiale de la Santé) fin janvier en compagnie de Dr Manning. La préoccupation principale de l’Assemblée concernait l’élection du prochain Secrétaire Général qui aura lieu en mai 2017. Plusieurs autres points à l’ordre du jour nous ont permis de faire des déclarations au nom de WONCA –sur le personnel et sur la santé des migrants, sujets pour lesquels nous avons déjà établi des politiques.

February, 2017

The WONCA World Rural Health Conference comes to Cairns, Australia at the end of April. This is the latest information on visas, accommodation, transport, postconference workshops.

February, 2017

From Evelyn van Weel-Baumgarten, President of EACH: International Association of Communication in Healthcare (EACH) an Organization in Collaborative relations with WONCA.