WONCA News

September, 2015

WONCA's new SIG on Health Equity reports: Welcome to the WONCA Special Interest Group on Health Equity news. In this edition we would like to share with you our excitement towards the upcoming WONCA Europe conference where we have been invited to host a Health Equity workshop. In addition to this, our convener shares with us some interesting and related experiences this summer.

September, 2015

Visit us in Copenhagen 15 - 18 June 2016

September, 2015

This annual report on activities to August 31, 2015, is provided by the convenor, Dr Nagwa Nashat, for the Al Razi young doctors' movement of the WONCA East Mediterranean Region

September, 2015

WONCA EMR in collaboration with Egyptian FM Association conducted a workshop in Cairo on 3rd September 2015

September, 2015

WHO is in the process of developing a Global Strategy and Action Plan on Ageing and Health which will be submitted to the World Health Assembly next May for endorsement. Comment by October 30.

September, 2015

WONCA's North America region for young doctors' group 'Polaris' are holding a preconference before the American Academy of Family Physicians global health workshop.

September, 2015

The WONCA Executive Committee has endorsed and supported the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Social Justice Position Statement and the call for a FAIR DEAL for "Mind Matters Day" on September 4.

August, 2015

Recientemente he estado en Natal, en el noreste de Brasil, reuniéndome con los miembros la Sociedad Brasileña de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, miembro de WONCA, y hablando en el 13 Congreso Nacional de la Sociedad.

August, 2015

As a frequent visitor to Brazil and other countries in Central and South America over the past few years, I am very impressed by the work our WONCA member organisations are doing in this part of the world, especially to ensure both quality and equity in family medicine for the people of this region of the world.

August, 2015

A new publication from colleagues in the Nederlands came my way this month, and reminded me of why I got involved with WONCA in the 1990s. The report was drawn to my attention by Professor Toine Lagro-Janssen, who was an academic colleague of our Past President Prof Chris van Weel.