WONCA News

January, 2020

Dr Pratyush Kumar, WONCA Executive Member at large, has produced innovative calendars for several years now. This year he's created a WONCA Calendar.

January, 2020

Maria Bakola of Greece writes about telemedicine in rural and remote areas in Greece from ancient times to today... Greece, due to the geographical heterogeneity, combines mountain landscapes and lakes, as well as incredible beaches and many islands.

January, 2020

The WONCA Asia Pacific Region has now restarted the Asia Pacific Family Medicine journal (APFMJ).

January, 2020

We are pleased to announce a call for applications for the Prof Meng-Chih Lee's Asia Pacific Region Presidential Bursary to financially support two family physicians registered to attend the WONCA Asia Pacific Regional Conference 2020, in Auckland, New Zealand

January, 2020

The occurrence of environmental disasters is escalating. But keeping quiet and hoping that environmental changes are not presenting us with clear and identifiable risks would be wrong. Through small individual actions and in larger policy-making opportunities, family doctors have both an opportunity and a responsibility to speak up for our patients’ health and the risks faced by environmental change.

January, 2020

La incidencia de los desastres medioambientales va en aumento. Nadie quiere asustar. Pero quedarnos callados a esperar a que los cambios en el medio ambiente no supongan un riesgo real e identificable sería imperdonable.

January, 2020

This month, at the start of a new year, I wanted to remind everyone about the ever-increasing portfolio of WONCA publications which are available to purchase. The WONCA Family Medicine Series is a collection of books written by world-wide experts and practitioners in collaboration with WONCA

January, 2020

25th WONCA Europe Conference June 24 - 27, 2020, Berlin, Germany

January, 2020

Gems are chosen by the Goodfellow Unit director, Dr Bruce Arroll, to be either practice changing or practice maintaining. The information is educational and not clinical advice. ©The Goodfellow Unit, Auckland.

January, 2020

Our WONCA book on Global Primary Mental Health Care has been published: ​​Global Primary Mental Health Care: Practical Guidance for Family Doctors, 1st Edition (Paperback) - Routledge