WONCA News

October, 2013

A selection of quick bits from WONCA Africa

October, 2013

The Bangladesh Academy of Family Physicians report on their proposed 2014 conference, the latest family medicine diploma examination results and concluding ceremony.

October, 2013

The first Pan-European meeting for trainees and junior family doctors is being held in Barcelona from February 7-8, 2014.

October, 2013

Congresso Peruano de Medicina Familiar y communitaria en Cusco, Peru de diciembre 5-7, 2013

October, 2013

The 12th WONCA Rural Health conference is now being held from April 2-6, 2014. The venue remains Gramado, Brazil.

October, 2013

World Mental Health Day took place on 10th October. Three days prior to this during the annual Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) Forum which brings together the WHO Secretariat, member states and international partners, the WHO launched its Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020.

October, 2013

Pearls are an independent product of the Cochrane primary care group - see this month's additions.

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.