WONCA and WHO News

May, 2023

This is an is an excellent opportunity for them to engage in discussions on global public health issues, collaborate with other organizations, and participate in important decisions affecting the WHO's policies and priorities.

April, 2023

Discover the suggestions proposed to be added to the Zero Draft of the Pandemic Treaty

April, 2023

We invite you to register for and attend the "Rural Pathways: Advancing Equitable Access for Health Workers in Rural and Remote Areas" session, featuring distinguished speakers Dr Özden Gökdemir, Chair of the WONCA Working Party on Environment, and Prof Bruce Chater, Chair for the WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice

March, 2023

Dra María Pilar Astier-Peña, WONCA Member at large, took part in the latest edition of the monthly talk show of WHO Europe Primary Health Care Division

February, 2023

In December 2021, at a special session of the World Health Assembly (WHASS), the WHO’s Member States decided to establish an Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) to draft and negotiate a convention, agreement, or other international instrument under the Constitution of the WHO to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (referred to as the WHO CA+).

February, 2023

The statement will be presented at the United Nations General Assembly's high-level meeting on universal health coverage, emphasizing the role of primary health care in achieving equitable access to quality health services for all.

February, 2023

Professor Christopher Dowrick, a former chair of the WONCA Working Party on Mental Health, represented WONCA at the World Health Organization's conference on pre-service education for mental health in Geneva, Switzerland on December 15th and 16th.

January, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on human lives, economies, and societies. To avoid a repeat of the past, the international community should collaborate to be much better prepared and aligned in responding to possible future pandemic threats

September, 2022

Globally, half of all preventable harm in medical care is medication related, a quarter of which is severe or life-threatening.

June, 2022

The Seventy-fifth World Health Assembly, held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 22-28 May 2022, was the first in-person Health Assembly since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.