WONCA News

January, 2016

El Doctor Tran Trong Thong es un médico de familia en la región rural de Soc Sun en Vietnam, al norte de la capital, Hanoi. El Centro de Salud Comuna Soc Sun, donde trabaja el Doctor Tran, ofrece ambos servicios de atención curativa y preventiva a una comunidad rural dispersa de 20.000 personas. El Doctor Tran lidera un equipo de Atención Primaria de la salud, que incluye enfermeras, comadronas, asistentes médicos y un farmacéutico...

January, 2016

Dr Tran Trong est médecin de famille au Vietnam dans la zone rurale de Soc Sun, située au nord de la capitale Hanoï. Le centre médical communautaire de Soc Sun où travaille Dr Tran assure des services de soins curatifs et préventifs à une communauté rurale dispersée de 20.000 personnes. Dr Tran dirige une équipe de soins de santé primaires, qui compte des infirmières, des sages-femmes, des médecins auxiliaires et un pharmacien...

January, 2016

Call for contributions! – short survey with a short deadline (15 February)! You can help WHO to better understand people’s needs and values about UHC. Your contribution, by completing this short survey of four questions, will offer new insights into how health systems can be more responsive, accessible and of high-quality in your context.

January, 2016

Dr Tran Trong Thong is a family doctor in the rural region of Soc Sun in Vietnam, north of the capital city of Hanoi. The Soc Sun Commune Health Station, where Dr Tran works, provides both curative and preventive care services to a dispersed rural community of 20,000 people. Dr Tran leads a primary health care team, which includes nurses, midwives, assistant doctors and a pharmacist..

January, 2016

John Wynn-Jones write: On behalf of the WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice (WWPRP), I wish you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year. We are coming to the end of our latest triennium and it’s a good time to reflect on what we have achieved and what we need to do in the next three years.

January, 2016

All governments have to decide how to meet the needs of their peoples, and most political elections are based on different beliefs as to how this can best be done. Fundamental issues about how to finance investment for health care and other public sectors require clear thinking and recurrent review of decisions made.

January, 2016

WONCA Europe comes to Copenhagen - June 15-18, 2016 - Please note that the deadline for abstract submission has been extended until 5 February 2016

January, 2016

The European Association of Communication in Healthcare (EACH) is delighted to have become an Organization in Collaborative Relations with WONCA.

January, 2016

Hello again, from the WONCA Special Interest Group (SIG) on Health Equity. The health equity group is still bustling with activity writes convenor William Wong.

December, 2015

Uno de los aspectos más desgarradores de las fotos de los refugiados es el hecho de ver a niños pequeños arrastrándose a través de los desiertos, empujados a los botes o a través de las líneas de control policial. Cualquier familia puede ser víctima de una tragedia, pero los niños de las familias más humildes siempre tienen un mayor número de factores en contra.