WONCA News

October, 2019

The Toolkit was launched at the 2019 EAPC conference in Berlin. It was presented at a plenary lecture to the audience of about 3000 delegates who each received a copy. Professor Scott Murray from the University of Edinburgh presented an infographic about the Toolkit and a short video about how it might be used.

October, 2019

Dr Carmel M Martin, convenor, SIG on Complexity in Health and Healthcare reports

October, 2019

Dr Victor Ng, convenor, SIG on Emergency Medicine reports:

October, 2019

Dr Alan Barnard, convenor WONCA SIG on Cancer and Palliative Care reports...

October, 2019

​Prof Dimity Pond, convenor, WONCA Special Interest Group on Ageing and Health reports:

October, 2019

Dr Maria Pilar Astier Pena, chair, WONCA Working Party on Quality and Safety in Family Medicine (WWPQS) reports:

October, 2019

A two-day consultative meeting was held at the WHO AFRO offices in Congo Brazaville on the 13-14 August 2019. This meeting came as a result of the active participation of Dr Prosper Tumussime at the WONCA Africa conference in June 2019, in Kampala, Uganda. The need for WONCA Africa and WHO AFRO to work together to strengthen health systems in African countries became apparent.

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