Announcements and Updates

February, 2021

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network “ETUDE” searches for 15 PhD students to study Functional Disorders across Europe.

November, 2020

The new WHF position paper – The Case for the Digital Transformation of Circulatory Health – explores how digital innovation can improve healthcare for people with circulatory diseases

September, 2020

We are looking for a Chief Administrative Officer to work in the new Secretariat of WONCA, based in Brussels. We seek a highly motivated individual, with a strong ‘can-do’ attitude and positive mentality.

September, 2020

We are looking for a Communications and Public Relations Officer to work for the new Secretariat of WONCA based in Brussels.

June, 2020

WONCA is seeking to contract a reputable and experienced AMC, which will work with the Secretariat

June, 2020

The Besrour Centre for Global Family Medicine (Besrour Centre) at the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) , thanks to the generous support of the CFPC’s Foundation for the Advancement of Family Medicine (FAFM), is seeking proposals for a Global COVID-19 pandemic innovation response for grants up to $50,000 Canadian dollars (CAD). More information in English (et en Français).

April, 2020

We’re happy for Member Organizations to develop their own theme for FDD, depending on local priorities, but this year we’d especially like to highlight the theme that relevant to challenges and responsibilities of family doctors in the new global coronavirus outbreak. – "Family doctors on the front line".

March, 2018

The Taiwan Family Medicine Research Award (TFMRA) was established by the Chinese Taipei Association of Family Medicine in 2008. It will support three junior family physicians to attend the WONCA World Conference and applications are welcome from all WONCA regions.

December, 2017

There is a SPAM email which appears to be from Amanda Howe seeking money to be sent to the Philippines to help a colleague. IGNORE THIS EMAIL.

August, 2017

Dr Shigeaki HINOHARA who was the most eminent physician in Japan died on July 18, 2017 at the age of 105.