WONCA News

February, 2013

Un viaje reciente para hablar en una reunión celebrada en Aveiro, Portugal, me llevó 1.000 años. El tiempo de viaje real era de aproximadamente 24 horas. La reunión duró 3 días. Sin embargo, el viaje me dio la oportunidad de reflexionar sobre la vida de Vasco da Gama, que vivió hace 500 años. También me inspiró a mirar hacia el futuro 500 años más.

February, 2013

A recent trip to speak at a meeting in Aveiro, Portugal took me 1000 years. The actual travel time was about 24 hours. The meeting lasted three days. Yet, the journey gave me a chance to reflect back on the life of Vasco da Gama 500 years ago. It also inspired me to look ahead 500 years into the future.

February, 2013

Family medicine is well established in many countries but others struggle to get acceptance and recognition of our specialism, and one of WONCA’s key roles is to highlight and promote the discipline wherever and whenever we can. One of our initiatives was to establish a “World Family Doctors' Day”.

February, 2013

On February 4, 2013, Drs Murutse Atsebaha, Netsehet Worku, Assefa Alamir, Assegid Geleta and Assefa Beyene became the first family medicine residents to be trained in Ethiopia.

February, 2013

Dr Jelle Stoffers, Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of General Practice, seeks new peer reviewers for the journal.

February, 2013

Family medicine history was made at Lahore, Pakistan on Saturday February 16, 2013 with the formation of the Pakistan Family Doctors forum

February, 2013

Dr Tomlin Paul, who lives in Jamaica, but was born in Trinidad, has been awarded the WONCA North America five –star doctor award.

February, 2013

El Movimiento Vasco da Gama de jóvenes y nuevos médicos de familia te da la bienvenida a la Preconferencia Mundial, que se celebrará en Praga los días 24 a 25 junio, 2013, antes de la Conferencia WONCA World.

February, 2013

The VdGM is happy to announce the winners of this year’s Carosino and Hippokrates Exchange Prizes which award the best exchange in a rural and any setting respectively, which took place in 2011 or 2012.

February, 2013

The International Research Methodology Conference for Primary Care Physicians was held on January 19–20, 2013. The theme of the conference was Strengthening Primary Care Research through Family Doctors. This event was two days’ of hands-on workshop covering all the important topics of research methodology.