WONCA News

April, 2016

I was in Costa Rica to participate in the 6th Iberoamericana Family and Community Medicine Summit (Cumbre in Spanish), hosted in the capital city, San José, by the Association of Family and Community Medicine of Costa Rica, and our WONCA Iberoamericana CIMF Region, which includes the Spanish speaking nations of Central and South America, as well as Brazil, Portugal and Spain

April, 2016

WONCA has provided a submission to the Commission through the recent public call for contributions issued by the Expert Group of the Commission, and Professor Ruth Wilson (WONCA President North America region) participated in a face-to-face consultation with health professional organisations on 11th April in Geneva.

April, 2016

WHO has just published the document “Communicating radiation risks in paediatric imaging: Information to support health care discussions about benefit and risk”. This document is intended to be a tool for health care providers to communicate about risks associated with paediatric imaging procedures.

April, 2016

​A global stakeholder meeting seeking to shape a global agenda on measurement for improvement in primary health care (PHC) took place over 6th-8th April 2016 at WHO headquarters in Geneva.

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

WONCA CEO, Dr Garth Manning has recently been in South America preparing for the coming WONCA world conference in Rio. He provides this summary of WHO information on the Zika virus.

April, 2016

During 2014, the WONCA Special Interest Group on Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) launched an online survey. The survey closes on June 30 - respond now!

April, 2016

J' étais au Costa Rica pour participer au 6ème sommet ibéro-américain de médecine familiale et communautaire (Cumbre en espagnol), tenu dans la capitale San José, par l'association de médecine familiale et de médecine Communautaire du Costa Rica et de la région ibéro-américaine de WONCA CIMF, qui inclut les nations de langue espagnole d'Amérique Centrale et d'Amérique du Sud, ainsi que le Brésil, le Portugal et l'Espagne.

April, 2016

Estuve en Costa Rica participando en la 6ª Cumbre Iberoamericana de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria que tuvo lugar en la capital del país, San José, organizada conjuntamente por la Asociación de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria de Costa Rica y por nuestra Región WONCA CIMF Iberoamericana, en la que se encuentran los países de habla española de la América Central, así como Brasil, Portugal y España.

April, 2016

Mayara Floss and John Wynn-Jones have been working with IFMSA (International Federation of Medical Student Associations) to establish a World Rural Medical Student Network (WRMSN).