WONCA News

September, 2013

Esta fue mi primera visita a la República de Armenia y realmente no sabía qué podía esperar. Encontré a médicos de familia y enfermeras muy entregados, un programa de formación de medicina familiar sofisticado y algunas reformas muy positivas en salud.

September, 2013

This was my first visit to the Republic of Armenia and I didn’t really know what to expect. What I found was dedicated family doctors and nurses, a sophisticated family medicine training program, and some really positive health care reforms.

September, 2013

At the recent WONCA World conference in Prague, the WONCA Working Party on Mental Health elected new leaders to take them forward. Dr Luis Gálvez-Alcaraz and Dr Abdullah Al-Khatami.

August, 2013

Dr Garth Manning looks forward to future WONCA conferences and provides more information on Direct membership and the Montegut Scholarship programme.

August, 2013

This month's rural round up is writen by Dr Jo Scott-Jones of New Zealand. He is the public relations member of the WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice

August, 2013

Dr Lucy Candib of the USA is WONCA's Five-Star doctor for 2013-16. She received the award at the WONCA Prague conference from Professor Rich Roberts

August, 2013

Professor Amanda Howe, our new President–Elect, said in her speech at the WONCA Council that she would help with policy messages. So now we are inviting her to take up that challenge.

August, 2013

Read more about WONCA Africa's activities including their proposed 2015 conference in Ghana.

August, 2013

The purpose of this summary on a workshop conducted in Prague, is to remove from consideration mistaken notions that these problems are unimportant and of little interest to family doctors and to further stimulate continuing worldwide efforts to help people with prevalent emotional and behavioral problems get proper care.

August, 2013

Dr Omneya Ezzat Elsherif writes of her experiences at the recent Wonca World conference in Prague, thanks to a bursary award.