WONCA and WHO News

September, 2015

WHO is in the process of developing a Global Strategy and Action Plan on Ageing and Health which will be submitted to the World Health Assembly next May for endorsement. Comment by October 30.

July, 2015

All WONCA members and member organizations are urged to respond to the online public consultation towards the development of a Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health by 31 August.

July, 2015

Dr Hernan Montenegro, WONCA’s WHO Designated Technical Officer, has advised us of a newly advertised post for a Technical Officer within the Services Organization and Clinical Interventions Unit (SCI) in the Service Delivery and Safety (SDS) Department of WHO.

June, 2015

The World Health Organization seeks input to the WHO global strategy on people-centred and integrated health services through a public consultation process.

May, 2015

Speech delivered by Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, 18 May 2015 at the Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly.

March, 2015

WONCA is concerned about the impact of exposure to radiation through medical imaging, and the risks of unnecessary exposure due to inappropriate or excessive investigations. WONCA has been working with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to look at ways to improve the appropriateness of imaging, and to measure each person's cumulative exposure to radiation from imaging.

February, 2015

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its Global Status Report on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs)

January, 2015

WONCA has submitted various statements to the WHO executive board meeting this January.

December, 2014

WONCA's response to the public consultation to inform the Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health

November, 2014

WONCA East Mediterranean Region president, Dr Mohammed Tarawneh, was invited to participate in the 61st session of the WHO regional committee for the WHO East Mediterranean region (EMRO) which was held in Tunis from 19-22 October 2014.