WONCA News

February, 2015

WONCA CEO Garth Manning outlines the outcomes from the recent WONCA Executive meeting, including the Gramado Statement, two new Special Interest Groups, by-laws issues, and new Members.

February, 2015

También me parece que muchos países ricos consiguen médicos y enfermeras en otros países para poder satisfacer las necesidades de salud de sus propias poblaciones cuando lo que deberían hacer es seguir el ejemplo de Cuba y formar a más profesionales de salud de los que necesitan, y hacer una contribución al resto del mundo ...Otro estado que marca una diferencia sustancial en la salud global a través del apoyo a la medicina de familia de todo el mundo es Canadá.

February, 2015

An update from Dr Shehla Naseem, Secretary General, College of Family Medicine Pakistan, on exciting developments for Family Medicine in Pakistan.

February, 2015

It also strikes me that while many wealthy nations source doctors and nurses from other countries to meet the health care needs of their populations, what they should be doing is following Cuba’s example and training more health care professionals than they need and making a net contribution to the rest of the world ... Another country making a substantial difference to global health through supporting family medicine developments around the world is Canada

February, 2015

The WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice chair, Dr John Wynn-Jones summarises the activities of the working party and looks forward to this year's events.

February, 2015

As the discipline of family medicine has developed within Europe, training has become more sophisticated ... training for FM teachers for those countries who do not have the resources for internal provision can be provided via the Leonardo courses

January, 2015

This month's policy bite with Amanda Howe, President-elect ... I am writing this to start a bit of a debate, and also to consider other ways of being present without always needing to fly and stay.

January, 2015

We are pleased to inform you that the following members were elected to Executive Board of The Portuguese Association of General Practice and Family Medicine (APMGF), for the years 2015-2017.

January, 2015

Please find the 7th E-news of the WONCA 2015 Asia Pacific Regional Conference coming to Taiwan in early March.

January, 2015

Chloé Perdrix, a young French GP is travelling around Asia. This month she visits the WONCA secretariat in Bangkok and then travels to Laos and Cambodia. "After Thailand, a new adventure began. We decided to go to Vientiane, capital of Laos and buy two bikes to cycle along Mekong river to its delta, in Vietnam... "