WONCA News

October, 2020

Dr John Wynn-Jones is well known in WONCA circles and immediate past chair of the WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice. During the COVID-19 crisis he has been writing a daily 'Rural Miscellany' email with poems and resource ideas to help and divert us in this difficult time. This month we feature his item on "joy".

October, 2020

The CEO reports on the, now virtual, WONCA Rural Conference and WONCA Europe conference as well as the current series of WONCA webinars on COVID-19. He also announces the release of the 2019-2020 WONCA Annual Report and anticpates a coming virtual WONCA Executive meeting.

October, 2020

This report highlights health equity activities from September 2019 to April 2020.

October, 2020

The 2019-2020 year has seen some significant growth for the WONCA special interest group (SIG) on emergency medicine. We now number more than 200 participants from all regions of the world, with very active participation. Updates are sent to members every 2-3 months detailing the work of the SIG and strong positive feedback on our activities is regularly received.

October, 2020

The Special Interest Group on Family Violence (SIG FV) continues to work, expanding our global connections to systematically support family doctors to address family violence in practice and policy. Our current and future activities are structured under six main strategies: Connect, Resource, Support, Educate, Communicate, Evaluate.

October, 2020

The annual report of the Working Party on Research who have managed numerous activities despite COVID-19

October, 2020

WICC was represented at many WONCA Region Conferences presenting posters or holding workshops on classification topics like ICPC and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). The future: WICC will be putting all of its energy into the development of ICPC-3.

October, 2020

The WONCA Special Interest Group (SIG) on Adolescent and Young Adult Care will hold a webinar in the WONCA COVID-19 webinar series on 8 November. Also find out more about the SIG in their annual report

October, 2020

Dr David Ponka écrit. David est médecin de famille à Ottawa, au Canada, et directeur du Centre Besrour pour la médecine familiale mondiale du Collège des médecins de famille du Canada. Il a trois filles qui sont maintenant de retour à l’école après avoir obtenu un résultat négatif au test de dépistage de la COVID-19.

October, 2020

​Chaque sondage et discussion menés auprès de nos organisations membres sur le rôle le plus important que WONCA peut jouer en leur nom nous appelle à une plus grande implication auprès de l'OMS. Nos membres veulent que nous utilisions l'influence de nos plus de 500 000 adhérents afin d’accroître la visibilité et la reconnaissance de la médecine familiale.