Newsletter: July 2015

La Región Mediterránea Oriental es la nueva región de WONCA, aunque la medicina de familia se instaló ahí hace ya mucho tiempo, tal y como nos demuestran los escritos del Antiguo Egipto. Esta nueva Región Mediterránea Oriental se extiende desde Marruecos, en el oeste, hasta Afganistán, incluyendo más de 20 países .

The WONCA East Mediterranean Region is WONCA’s newest region, but family medicine has been in this region for a very long time, as we have seen from the writings of Ancient Egypt. WONCA’s East Mediterranean region extends from Morocco in the west, to Afghanistan in the east, and includes over 20 countries.

I started the month in Seoul, South Korea, attending the international conference of ICOH and I also met with some of the Host Organizing Committee for the 2018 WONCA World Conference.

This month we make a special rural feature in WONCA News. In April, the WONCA world rural health conference was held in Dubrovnik and our very active WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice formally met. The WWPRP is chaired by Dr John Wynn-Jones of Wales and he and Dr Jo Scott-Jones of New Zealand have fueled such a wave of enthusiasm from working party members that we have decided to make a special rural feature in this month's WONCA News.

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

Nagwa Nashat Hegazy was a Montegut Scholar attending the recent WONCA East Mediterranean region congress was held from 30 April to 2 May 2015 in Dubai city in the UAE. This edited report written by Nagwa is reproduced with the permission of the American Board of Family Medicine Foundation (ABFM-F) who provide the scholarship.

A great conference leaves an impression that lasts, a great health conference creates something new that impacts on patient outcomes. On this measure, Dubrovnik was a great conference. Jo Scott-Jones reports.

Would you like to extend your travel to Turkey before the WONCA Europe conference in October? Primary health care visits have been announced as well as an extension to Early bird registration and BRITE submission deadlines.

Newsletter for WONCA Europe 2016 in Copenhagen

Así pues, ¿qué significa ese profundo compromiso con la “familia” de nuestro nombre? De noche, últimamente, cuando tras el nacimiento me encontraba sentada en una sala de hospital, pensé: testimonio, observar y esperar, cuestionarse

So what does the deep commitment to “family” mean in our title? As I sat in the late nights in a hospital ward following the birth, I thought of witness, watching and waiting, wonder.

This month we make a special rural feature in WONCA News. In April, the WONCA world rural health conference was held in Dubrovnik and our very active WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice formally met. The WWPRP is chaired by Dr John Wynn-Jones of Wales and he and Dr Jo Scott-Jones of New Zealand have fueled such a wave of enthusiasm from working party members that we have decided to make a special rural feature in this month's WONCA News.

Veronika Rasic, a family medicine trainee, from Croatia and a member of the Vasco da Gama Movement for young doctors writes on her experience with the WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice in Croatia recently. She is now looking to connect with other young rural enthusiasts.

At the WONCA Rural health conference in Dubrovnik the new Working Party on Rural Practice’s resource page was launched to augment the existing webpage on WONCA's website. The new resource page will provide an up to date working space

A great conference leaves an impression that lasts, a great health conference creates something new that impacts on patient outcomes. On this measure, Dubrovnik was a great conference. Jo Scott-Jones reports.

Dr Noreen Lineen-Curtis, a general practitioner from Achill, County Mayo, Ireland says that life as a rural GP on the West coast of Ireland is never, ever dull. Read on to find out why ..

This is the story of a doctor’s experience in the worst case disaster situation, it is a story unsung bravery and of the courage staff at Jiri Hospital, Nepal, displayed during and after the disaster - Dr Roshan Khatri, Medical Superintendent at Jiri Hospital, Dolakha district east of Kathmandu writes.

Nagwa Nashat Hegazy was a Montegut Scholar attending the recent WONCA East Mediterranean region congress was held from 30 April to 2 May 2015 in Dubai city in the UAE. This edited report written by Nagwa is reproduced with the permission of the American Board of Family Medicine Foundation (ABFM-F) who provide the scholarship.

Prof Ruth Wilson is the WONCA North America region president. WONCA congratulates her on receiving the civil award of Member of the Order of Canada.

The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) announce that Dr. Katherine Rouleau has been appointed to the position of Director, Besrour Centre effective immediately

We’d like to inform you of a scholarship opportunity for one International Scholar to attend the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine’s Annual Spring Conference, April 30-May 4, 2016 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.