WONCA News

September, 2017

The WONCA Working Party for Women & Family Medicine (WWPWFM) was involved in various activities recently and the wokring party executive would like to share a summary report. It is going to be an exciting one-year preparing for Seoul, October 2018. Please come share your ideas and tell your stories of the wonderful work we all do for our patients and communities, and the challenges we face.

September, 2017

The 67th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe was held in Budapest on 10th - 14th September 2017. WONCA Europe has released a statement on Family Medicine, focusing on the educational needs (both undergraduate and postgraduate) and the policies for retaining and, when necessary, supporting the migration and emigration of family doctors. The statement was delivered by Dr Anna Stavdal, President of WONCA Europe.

September, 2017

The launching of WONCA Rural Africa (WoRA) took place as scheduled during the 5th Joint WONCA Africa conference / South Africa Academy of Family Physicians in Pretoria, South Africa, on Friday 18th August 2017.

September, 2017

All the latest on WONCA Europe coming to Krakow in 2018 - dates, deadlines, program information and a welcome message.

September, 2017

The Patient Safety and Risk Management unit at the WHO has recently announced the roll-out of their updated patient safety website.

September, 2017

Congratulations to our President-Elect, Dr Donald Li, who has been awarded the Silver Magnolia Award by the City of Shanghai, in recognition of his work in promoting and enhancing general practice in the city.

September, 2017

Prof Val Wass OBE, chair of the WONCA Working Party on Education (WWPE) provide the Annual Report of the working party for July 2016 to June 2017. “You must be the change you want to see in the world.”

September, 2017

Prof Felicity Goodyear-Smith, chair of WONCA Working Party on Research provides the working party's Annual Report July 2016 to June 2017 - The WONCA Working Party on Research (WWPR) has been increasingly active in the past year, our membership is growing and a Google discussion group has been set up.

September, 2017

Christopher Dowrick, chair of the WONCA Working Party on Mental Health (WWPMH) reports on activities in 2016-17. Since November 2016, we have made substantial progress on our three broad objectives: to improve internal structures; to offer mental health guidance for WONCA members; and to provide global leadership on primary mental health care.

September, 2017

PEARLS - Practical Evidence About Real Life Situations: These are brief (minimalistic summaries) of Cochrane Primary care systematic reviews with the answer in the title (so you only read the ones you like). Ten new PEARLS added to the website.