WONCA News

June, 2012

一个职业军人的漫长生涯教会他如何讲故事，如何喝烈性酒，这两者他都不吝惜与人分享。他一边从一个小的陶瓷杯里面呡着白酒，一边如数家珍地讲述了他当年二战抗日战争时期做为步兵小鬼的故事。他的任务就是将北平从日军手中解放出来。在接下来的一个小时内，他回顾了70年间他亲眼见证重大历史事件，世界大战变成美苏冷战，然后是文化大革命，天安门广场示威游行，再之后经济形势日新月异，和接下来的北京奥运会。

June, 2012

The 19th WONCA Asia-Pacific Regional Conference was held from 24–27 May, 2012, at the International Conference Center in the scenic island of Jeju, South Korea.

June, 2012

This year has seen a phenomenal expansion in the activities for World Family Doctor Day. Celebration of the day seems to have been taken up in more countries than in 2011, and as you will see in the report in this issue, the variety of activities is quite inspiring.

June, 2012

May 19 is the date for World Family Doctor Day. This year was the second time that this day has been celebrated

April, 2012

I landed in Havana with modest expectations. En route from Panama, I reflected on some of the concerns that tempered my enthusiasm about traveling to Cuba for the third Congress of the WONCA Iberoamericana-CIMF region.

April, 2012

Dr Donald Li, President of WONCA Asia Pacific region was a plenary speaker at the International Primary Health Care Reform Conference held in Brisbane Australia, from March 6-7, 2012.

April, 2012

May 19, 2010 was declared World Family Doctor Day by the then outgoing Wonca World President, Chris van Weel, at the opening of the Wonca World Conference, in Cancun, Mexico.

April, 2012

Website progress, World Family Doctor Day, Also in this issue, Conferences coming up, Academic advertisements.

April, 2012

The Montegut Global Scholars Program (MGSP) was established by the American Board of Family Medicine Foundation (ABFM-F), in April 2010. It was named in honor of Alain Montegut, MD, a member of the Board of Directors of the ABFM from 2005 to 2010 and WONCA North America region president from 2007 to 2010.

April, 2012

The Vasco da Gama Movement (VdGM) is pleased to announce that the winners of this year's Hippokrates Exchange and Carosino Prizes are...