WONCA News

July, 2014

As family doctors we are also innovative thinkers, and, like Prince Henry, we have the ability to change the world through our work and our influence. Over the past month I have had the opportunity to visit family doctors in Portugal and also in Ireland ...

July, 2014

More PEARLS have been added this month: - PEARLS are an independent product of the Cochrane primary care group and are meant for educational use and not to guide clinical care. Find out more ...

July, 2014

In his keynote speech at the recent WONCA Europe conference in Lisbon, Prof Michael Kidd, WONCA President, announced a joint statment on workers health

July, 2014

The recent WONCA Europe conference in Lisbon marked the wonderful occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Vasco da Gama movement – the European young family doctors’ organisation ... I found myself reflecting on why we should particularly single out doctors in the early stage of their careers?

July, 2014

On July 6, 2014 at the closing ceremony of the WONCA Europe conference in Lisbon, the Lisbon Declaration was signed by WONCA Europe President, Prof Job F M Metsemakers; President of the Portuguese Association of General Practice and Family Medicine, Prof João Sequeira Carlos; and Dr Peter Sloane, incoming President of the Vasco da Gama Movement.

July, 2014

The 67th World Health Assembly took place in the Palais des Nations, Geneva the week beginning 19th May 2014, fittingly also World Family Doctor Day! Over the course of the 19th and 20th May WONCA's delegation participated in over a dozen meetings with WHO staff and other non-governmental organisation

June, 2014

Dr Jo Scott-Jones writes on preparing for the WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice 13th WONCA World Rural Health Conference being held in Dubrovnik Croatia, in April 2015.

June, 2014

The CEO reports on a range of news items including from Shanghai, Kuching, North America (where a new young doctors' movement has formed), the Caribbean as well as the recent World Health Assembly.

June, 2014

Family Doctors in The Field - environmental stories from across the globe, was launched on 4 July at the WONCA Europe conference in Lisbon, Portugal. It is a collection of inspiring stories from doctors from around the world who have combined working as a family doctor with some form of environmental work.

June, 2014

On June 18 2014 the twitter account of the Vasco da Gama Movement, @vdgmeu, reached its 1000th follower!