Newsletter: October 2013

In September, I attended the United Nations General Assembly in New York, representing WONCA at a summit called to examine progress in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and to discuss what happens beyond the end of 2015 when the current MDGs conclude.

En septiembre asistí a la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York, en representación de WONCA, una cumbre convocada para examinar los progresos en el cumplimiento de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio (ODM) y para discutir lo que pasará más allá del final de 2015, cuando los ODM actuales concluyan.

At its June 2013 meeting in Prague, WONCA Council agreed to the proposal to introduce Life Individual Direct Membership.

Family Medicine 360 is a global, international exchange program for Junior Family Doctors and General Practitioners, who would like to experience Primary Health Care in a different country.

Professor Amanda Howe, our new President–Elect, said in her speech at the WONCA Council that she would help with policy messages. She now takes up that challenge with her regular Policy Bites column - this being her second column.

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) want to hear about your experiences providing primary care health services.

WONCA Executive is inviting expressions of interest from young doctors to become a member of the WONCA Executive committee.

Report of the Sixty Sixth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South Asia Region

Health 2020 is a policy framework aimed at providing European politicians and policy-makers key strategic advice to support action for improving health, well-being and health equity, in a way that is sensitive to each country’s situation, political and organisational circumstances.

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) want to hear about your experiences providing primary care health services.

The new PAHO/WHO report, Innovative care for chronic conditions: Organizing and delivering high quality care for chronic noncommunicable diseases in the Americas, proposes an integrated Chronic Care Model for addressing NCDs in the context of primary health care

Addressing Health Equity was a workshop held at the recent world conference in Prague. Here follows a summary of the discussion.

La Profesora Amanda Howe, nuestra nueva presidenta electa, afirmó en su discurso en el Consejo WONCA que iba a "ayudar con mensajes políticos. En WONCA… sabemos lo que queremos decir. Me gustaría trabajar en cómo lo decimos, conseguir documentos de información clara, precisa, para que puedas adaptarla al uso en tu entorno.” Así que ahora invitamos a Amanda a afrontar ese reto. Aquí está la segunda propuesta de Amanda

Professor Amanda Howe, our new President–Elect, said in her speech at the WONCA Council that she would help with policy messages. She now takes up that challenge with her regular Policy Bites column - this being her second column.

La Profesora Amanda Howe, nuestra nueva presidenta electa, afirmó en su discurso en el Consejo WONCA que iba a "ayudar con mensajes políticos. En WONCA… sabemos lo que queremos decir. Me gustaría trabajar en cómo lo decimos, conseguir documentos de información clara, precisa, para que puedas adaptarla al uso en tu entorno.” Así que ahora invitamos a Amanda a afrontar ese reto.

Open Invitation to WONCA members to contribute to a new book, “Family Doctors in the Field - stories from environmental family doctors from across the globe”

Much is often made of the poorer health status and standard of living in rural areas – this is true and desperately so in some places but with the provision of public health, good generalist health care and extra job opportunities, rural areas can be wonderful places to live

The first workshop of the WONCA Working Party on Indigenous & Minority Groups Health Issues drew people from around the globe.

Report of the Sixty Sixth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South Asia Region

AfriWon Renaissance, the youth movement of the WONCA Africa Region was officially inaugurated on the 27th June, 2013 during the WONCA 20th World Conference in Prague Czech Republic.

WONCA East Mediterranean region president Dr Mohammed Tarawneh, reports on a meeting in Qatar.

Pearls are an independent product of the Cochrane primary care group - see this month's additions.

Health 2020 is a policy framework aimed at providing European politicians and policy-makers key strategic advice to support action for improving health, well-being and health equity, in a way that is sensitive to each country’s situation, political and organisational circumstances.

The new PAHO/WHO report, Innovative care for chronic conditions: Organizing and delivering high quality care for chronic noncommunicable diseases in the Americas, proposes an integrated Chronic Care Model for addressing NCDs in the context of primary health care