WONCA News

November, 2015

The recent situation of rapid and unplanned migration in Europe has raised my awareness of a situation which many other regions have already experienced. The WONCA Europe conference saw the launch of the ‘Istanbul statement’ on refugee health, and much discussion

November, 2015

This month I want to report back to everyone on the recent WONCA Executive meeting held in Istanbul on 18th and 19th October, just prior to the WONCA Europe conference.

November, 2015

WONCA EMR president, Mohammed Tarawneh reports on the 62nd session of WHO regional Committee for East Mediterranean Region

November, 2015

Maria van den Muijsenbergh, convener of the WONCA special interest group on Migrant care, international health and travel medicine reports on activities in Istanbul and for the future.

November, 2015

A little over one year ago, WONCA News began a regular feature on the subject of Occupational Health including useful resources for clinical practice. Peter Buijs (right) & Frank van Dijk (left) are the promotors and main authors. Here we review the items published so far.

November, 2015

Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) International Travel Scholarship and Eric Gambrill Memorial Awards - information for applicants

October, 2015

This month's rural round-up is written by a trio of Australians working in Tasmania, who consider the different workforce needs of that island.

October, 2015

Prof Dada Leopando reports on a meeting of the WONCA Working Party on Women in Family Medicine (WWPWFM) held in June in the Philippines

October, 2015

On behalf of our colleagues across our region, WONCA Europe and the Turkish association of Family Doctors have published a statement on the refugee crisis

October, 2015

URGENT NOTICE: Abstracts for workshops, panels and symposia for the WONCA World conference coming to Rio next year close on February 1.