WONCA News

October, 2019

Have you been wanting to plan a trip to New Zealand but haven’t quite got there? WONCA 2020 is the perfect opportunity to visit New Zealand and discover the incredible landscapes and warm hospitality our country is famous for.

October, 2019

On World Mental Health Day, October7, WONCA draws attention to an important new study of antidepressant prescribing in primary care.

October, 2019

Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, WONCA Executive Member-at Large and WHO Liaison person was the WONCA Delegate to the UN High Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage. September 23, 2019. Now we have a political declaration signed by all member countries of the UN. WONCA invites member organisations to review the declaration

October, 2019

Suite au succès de la conférence WONCA Afrique, le département « Soins de santé primaires Région Afrique » (AFRO) nouvellement formé a créé une dynamique de jour en jour croissante.

October, 2019

Seguramente, el de Jan de Maesseneer es un nombre familiar para muchos y muchas de vosotros y vosotras. ¡Él ha sido, desde hace años, uno de los grandes defensores de la Medicina de Familia y continúa estando al pie del cañón a pesar de su supuesta “jubilación”! Estoy muy agradecido de invitar a Jan a contribuir con su punto de vista acerca de las cuestiones más relevante dentro de la Atención Primaria y la Medicina de Familia en el WONCA News de este mes

October, 2019

Following on from the very successful WONCA Africa conference, the newly formed AfroPHC has built momentum and continues to grow on a daily basis... We should be proud of our growing voice around the world, spreading the message of good quality, professional, family medicine. We will continue to speak out and speak up where we need to.

September, 2019

自WONCA非洲区域会议完满结束后，新组成的非洲基层医疗小组 (AfroPHC) 成员满怀干劲，每天都注入新动力。

September, 2019

​Jan de Maeseneer, will be a familiar name to many of you. He has been a staunch advocate for family medicine for many years and continues his interest despite his so-called ‘retirement’! I am pleased to invite Jan to contribute his view about issues of note within primary care and family medicine to this month’s WONCA News

September, 2019

As I write this I’m in Philadelphia, attending the American Academy of Family Physicians’ (AAFP) Congress of Delegates – equivalent to our world council. This will then be followed by their annual conference – the Family Medicine Experience (FMX). There’s lots happening in the North American Region in the coming few weeks, so I thought it was a good time to feature this part of the WONCA world.

September, 2019

Prof Thomas Kuehlein, WONCA International Classification Committee (WICC) reports: