WONCA News

August, 2014

Independent Experts Panel set up by the European Commission publishes Opinion on Primary Care.

August, 2014

The WHO Emergency committee met this month and it was the unanimous view of the committee that the conditions for a Public Health Emergency of International Concern have been met. While WHO meet about Ebola, WONCA identity Atai Omorutu works in Liberia with victims, and the WHO and Harrison's textbook offer free resources of interest to GPs/FPs.

August, 2014

For the first time ever – all seven Young Doctor Movement leaders/representatives met via teleconference. The meeting’s agenda included important topics such as the relationship between the Young Doctor Movements (YDMs) with WONCA proper, the sharing of resources, exchange of best practices, and current YDM-led initiatives including the Family Medicine 360 Exchange Program (FM360) and the ASPIRE Global Leader Program.

August, 2014

Did you miss the WONCA Rural Health conference in Gramado - abstracts are now available online. English and Portuguese

August, 2014

Did you miss WONCA Lisbon or want to revist your favourite moments? Produced courtesy of the Host organisation, the Portuguese Association of General Practice (APMGF) and featuring the opening and closing sessions, TV footage from each day and the much requested keynote of Rich Roberts.

August, 2014

In need of holiday reading? Why not look at some of the resources on WONCA’s website? It includes: A-Z topic listing; Journals of interest; PEARLS.... and more.

August, 2014

Mi trabajo como médico de familia ha tenido un firme enfoque hacia la atención de personas con VIH durante en los últimos 25 años. Asistir a la Conferencia Mundial contra el SIDA me ha llevado a reflexionar sobre esta experiencia y sobre algunas de las principales lecciones que he aprendido.

August, 2014

My work as a family doctor has had a strong focus on the care of people with HIV over the past 25 years. Attending the World AIDS Conference led me to reflect on this experience and some of the key lessons I have learned.

August, 2014

The CEO reports on WONCA's latest activities including WONCA Lisbon and the recent Executive meeting where accreditation, membership and the FM360 exchange were discussed.

August, 2014

I have just been at the Royal College of New Zealand GPs’ conference, which was held in the city of Christchurch. This city was decimated by an earthquake in 2011 - 189 lives were lost, including some health professionals.