WONCA News

March, 2016

The Bangladesh Academy of Family Physicians reports on recent activities including the annual conference, the WONCA South Asia Region conference held recently in Colombo, the Academy CME programs, the family medicine diploma course and finally the coming WONCA world conference in Rio.

March, 2016

Dr Enrique Falceto de Barros, Pro-Tem Chair WONCA Working Party on the Environment, message to members of the working party encouraging their participation in the WONCA World conference coming to Rio in November this year.

March, 2016

Esta fue mi octava visita a la República Popular de la China desde que me convertí en Presidente de WONCA en mayo de 2013. WONCA tiene una larga historia de apoyo a los colegas chinos en el desarrollo de la Medicina Familiar, anterior del trabajo que empezó en los años ochenta por parte del anterior Presidente de WONCA, el Doctor Peter Lee, de Hong Kong.

March, 2016

C'était ma 8ème visite en République populaire de Chine depuis ma nomination à la présidence de WONCA en mai 2013. WONCA s'est forgé une longue histoire dans le soutien des collègues de Chine en ce qui concerne le développement de la médecine familiale, depuis le travail débuté dans les années 80 par l'ancien président de WONCA, Dr Peter Lee de Hong Kong.

March, 2016

On 25 February 2016, an exciting event occurred in Malawi, the launch of postgraduate family medicine training. Malawi is a landlocked country of about 17 million people in Southern Africa, one of the least developed nations in the world, but known as the warm heart of Africa.

March, 2016

WONCA Working Party on Research members, Felicity Goodyear-Smith and Bob Mash have edited a new book due for release in May: International Perspectives on Primary Care Research.

March, 2016

Our next WONCA World conference is coming to Rio in November. Discount registration closes on April 30. The Host Organising committee has released details of abstracts received.

March, 2016

Great news: The participants of WONCA Copenhagen will be able to train skills that are important to the daily work of a GP. We have created a “Skills lab” in an open area in the conference center.

March, 2016

Shenzhen is one of the miracles of modern China. Prior to 1979 it was a small market town. In that year it was established as the first Special Economic Zone in China, opening up opportunities for rapid foreign investment. It became one of the fastest growing cities in the world and now has a population of over 10 million people and a reputation for innovation and “leading the way”.

March, 2016

Are you interested in hosting a young GP from overseas? The FM 360 program is looking for host practices particularly in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. This program is supported by WONCA and works thanks to the collaboration of the seven WONCA Young Doctors’ Movements.