WONCA News

June, 2022

From the beginning of the year, the AfriWon executive group and council had multiple monthly meetings with several key developments made

June, 2022

The Seventy-fifth World Health Assembly, held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 22-28 May 2022, was the first in-person Health Assembly since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

June, 2022

June, 2022

WONCA welcomes the International Hospital Federation (IHF) as a Member organization in Collaborative Relations

May, 2022

This constituency statement is delivered by the World Heart Federation on behalf of the Framework Convention Alliance for Tobacco Control, International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations, International Diabetes Federation, International Pharmaceutical Students Federation, International Society of Nephrology, World Hypertension League, and World Obesity Federation. It is also supported by the World Organization of Family Doctors and World Stroke Organization.

May, 2022

Because the actors involved in any response to a future pandemic are varied, for such an instrument to be effective, it must result from strong multilateralism, with equal respect and participation afforded to all partners involved, including non-state organizations committed to the public interest.

May, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the critical importance of health workers to strengthen health systems and global health security. It has highlighted women’s central role in delivering health services, since women are 70% health workers, and 90% of frontline health workers.

May, 2022

Family Doctor Day provides all of us a golden opportunity to shine a spotlight on the central role our discipline plays in achieving the goals of Universal Health Coverage and Health for All.

May, 2022

El Día del Médico de Familia nos brinda a todos una oportunidad de oro para destacar el papel central que desempeña nuestra disciplina en el logro de los objetivos de Cobertura Universal de Salud y Salud para Todos.

May, 2022

家庭医生日为我们所有人提供了一个绝佳的机会，让我们可以关注到这个学科在达成全球健康覆盖和人人享有健康目标中发挥的核心作用。