WONCA News

February, 2015

After a great first year of the WONCA Special Interest Group on Health Equity, we hope this will be another great year for our drive towards health equity!

February, 2015

During 2014, the WONCA Special Interest Group on Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) launched an online survey. They are keen to get more responses from interested colleagues.

February, 2015

Many of you have either submitted abstracts or confirmed your attendance at the conference in Lille, France on 28th – 30th April 2015, “Mental Health for All – Connecting People and Sharing Experience.”

February, 2015

WONCA CEO Garth Manning outlines the outcomes from the recent WONCA Executive meeting, including the Gramado Statement, two new Special Interest Groups, by-laws issues, and new Members.

February, 2015

También me parece que muchos países ricos consiguen médicos y enfermeras en otros países para poder satisfacer las necesidades de salud de sus propias poblaciones cuando lo que deberían hacer es seguir el ejemplo de Cuba y formar a más profesionales de salud de los que necesitan, y hacer una contribución al resto del mundo ...Otro estado que marca una diferencia sustancial en la salud global a través del apoyo a la medicina de familia de todo el mundo es Canadá.

February, 2015

An update from Dr Shehla Naseem, Secretary General, College of Family Medicine Pakistan, on exciting developments for Family Medicine in Pakistan.

February, 2015

It also strikes me that while many wealthy nations source doctors and nurses from other countries to meet the health care needs of their populations, what they should be doing is following Cuba’s example and training more health care professionals than they need and making a net contribution to the rest of the world ... Another country making a substantial difference to global health through supporting family medicine developments around the world is Canada

February, 2015

The WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice chair, Dr John Wynn-Jones summarises the activities of the working party and looks forward to this year's events.

February, 2015

As the discipline of family medicine has developed within Europe, training has become more sophisticated ... training for FM teachers for those countries who do not have the resources for internal provision can be provided via the Leonardo courses

January, 2015

This month's policy bite with Amanda Howe, President-elect ... I am writing this to start a bit of a debate, and also to consider other ways of being present without always needing to fly and stay.