WONCA News

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.

July, 2014

Meet the new chair of the Rajakumar movement for young doctors in the Asia pacific region. he says" Let’s share our generalism, learn from our differences, and built true friendship in the WONCA Asia Pacific Region!"

July, 2014

Doctors from both South Asia and Asia Pacific Regions are eligible to apply for a scholarship to attend the 2015 meeting of the society

July, 2014

Dr Mora Claramita from the Department of Medical Education at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, provides her perspectives on the recent changes for primary care doctors in Indonesia.

July, 2014

WONCA Executive member (Young Doctor representative), Dr Raman Kumar, of India, attended the WONCA Europe Conference held in Lisbon in July 2014. He reports on activities from the Young Doctor perspective.

July, 2014

Prof Roger Strasser, inaugural chair of the WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice delivered the 2014 John Macleod oration at Gramado. The oration is titled "Improving the Health of Rural People through Health Workforce Policy"

July, 2014

At the Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly (WHA) in May 2014, a resolution was passed which called for the World Health Organization (WHO) to lead the development of a global action plan to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

July, 2014

At the recent WONCA Europe conference in Lisbon various awards were presented including the Five Star doctor award, the Montegut Scholarship and the Vasco da Gama awards.

July, 2014

WONCA is greatly saddened by the tragic loss of Malaysian Airlines Flight 017 and the dreadful loss of life.