WONCA News

March, 2014

El mes pasado me invitaron a visitar las comunidades de la región de Fukushima, en Japón, afectada por el tsunami y el desastre del reactor nuclear. Yo tenía muchas ganas de aprender sobre el papel que los médicos de familia locales y sus equipos siguen desempeñando para ayudar en la recuperación de los supervivientes de las comunidades devastadas. Fue una semana aleccionadora.

March, 2014

Last month I was invited to visit communities in the Fukushima region of Japan affected by the tsunami and the nuclear reactor disaster. I was keen to learn about the role local family doctors and their teams are continuing to play in assisting in the recovery of the surviving members of the devastated communities. It was a sobering week.

March, 2014

Dr William Wong is the convenor of the new WONCA Special Interest Group on Health Equity. Find out more.

March, 2014

WONCA CEO, Garth Manning, writes of meetings attended, upcoming WONCA conferences, direct membership (find out who is Direct member 001), and more.

March, 2014

John Wynn-Jones reports on his attendance at the Prince Mahidol conference in Thailand and the lessons learnt.

February, 2014

Amanda Howe's perspective on the recent VDGM forum where she delivered the keynote speech "We are not one - how health inequalities in Europe afflict healthcare, patients and healthcare professionals".

February, 2014

The WONCA Special Interest Group on Point-Of Care testing requests your participation in a survey of family doctors

February, 2014

On 13 February 2014, the worlds of academic general practice, community health and rural health lost an extraordinary contributor with the passing of Robert Hall.

February, 2014

La recolección de datos desde la atención primaria: difícil, peligrosa, ¡y definitivamente necesaria!

February, 2014

Difficult, dangerous, and definitely needed! Amanda discussed the British Government's plan to make routine, the collection of anonymised ‘patient level’ data (age, sex, locality, attendance, medical problems…)