WONCA News

October, 2013

Report of the Sixty Sixth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South Asia Region

October, 2013

In September, I attended the United Nations General Assembly in New York, representing WONCA at a summit called to examine progress in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and to discuss what happens beyond the end of 2015 when the current MDGs conclude.

October, 2013

En septiembre asistí a la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York, en representación de WONCA, una cumbre convocada para examinar los progresos en el cumplimiento de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio (ODM) y para discutir lo que pasará más allá del final de 2015, cuando los ODM actuales concluyan.

October, 2013

La Profesora Amanda Howe, nuestra nueva presidenta electa, afirmó en su discurso en el Consejo WONCA que iba a "ayudar con mensajes políticos. En WONCA… sabemos lo que queremos decir. Me gustaría trabajar en cómo lo decimos, conseguir documentos de información clara, precisa, para que puedas adaptarla al uso en tu entorno.” Así que ahora invitamos a Amanda a afrontar ese reto. Aquí está la segunda propuesta de Amanda

September, 2013

Open Invitation to WONCA members to contribute to a new book, “Family Doctors in the Field - stories from environmental family doctors from across the globe”

September, 2013

Much is often made of the poorer health status and standard of living in rural areas – this is true and desperately so in some places but with the provision of public health, good generalist health care and extra job opportunities, rural areas can be wonderful places to live

September, 2013

At its June 2013 meeting in Prague, WONCA Council agreed to the proposal to introduce Life Individual Direct Membership.

September, 2013

Family Medicine 360 is a global, international exchange program for Junior Family Doctors and General Practitioners, who would like to experience Primary Health Care in a different country.

September, 2013

AfriWon Renaissance, the youth movement of the WONCA Africa Region was officially inaugurated on the 27th June, 2013 during the WONCA 20th World Conference in Prague Czech Republic.

September, 2013

Professor Amanda Howe, our new President–Elect, said in her speech at the WONCA Council that she would help with policy messages. She now takes up that challenge with her regular Policy Bites column - this being her second column.