WONCA News

June, 2014

Estuve hace poco en la ciudad malasia de Kuching, en Sarawak, en la isla mística de Borneo, y conocí a la médica de familia Maila Mustapha

June, 2014

I was recently in the Malaysian city of Kuching in Sarawak, on the mystical island of Borneo, and met family doctor Maila Mustapha. Like Dr Maila, as family doctors we all work hard, and many of us work under difficult conditions. Sometimes the resources that we need to do our job are not available. Sometimes the hours we work and the demands on our time can be arduous.

June, 2014

Our CEO reports on the three main highlights for this month of Family Doctor Day, the World Health Assembly in Geneva and the WONCA Asia Pacific Region conference in Kuching Malaysia.

June, 2014

The WONCA Special Interest Group on complexity will run a workshop in Lisbon, at the WONCA Europe conference in July, and is involved in organising a conference being held in November in the US.

June, 2014

Amanda Howe ha estado recientemente en la Asamblea Mundial de la Salud. En esta entrega, considera las definiciones de algunos términos de uso común.

June, 2014

Amanda Howe has recently been at the World Health Assembly. Here she considers the definitions of some commonly used terms: Universal Coverage, Integrated Care, people-centred.

June, 2014

Early bird registration for South Asia conference in August closes on June 30. The conference is jointly organized by a consortium of GP orgnaisations - the IMACGP, AFPI & FFPAI

June, 2014

WONCA Europe holds its conference in Lisbon from July 2-5. FInd out about HOC president João Sequeira Carlos' views and read the latest interviews with guest speakers.

May, 2014

What must we do to improve and maintain the health of the world’s one billion adolescents? Health for the world’s adolescents World Health Organization (WHO) report was launched on 14th May.

May, 2014

The WONCA Special interest Group on Cancer and Palliative Care will hold a workshop at the coming WONCA Europe conference in Lisbon in July.