President's Messages

June, 2015

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.

May, 2015

Estuve en Ghana, asistiendo al Cuarto Congreso Regional de WONCA para África, presidido por el Dr. Henry Lawson de Ghana, presidente electo de nuestra región WONCA de África. Originalmente, el Congreso había sido pospuesto debido a la crisis del Ébola.

May, 2015

I was in Ghana attending WONCA’s 4th Africa Regional Conference. The conference was chaired by Dr Henry Lawson from Ghana, president-elect of our WONCA Africa Region. Originally the conference had been postponed because of the Ebola crisis.

May, 2015

WONCA President, Prof Michael Kidd says "thank you" to all family doctors around the world in honour of World Family Doctor Day, May 19.

May, 2015

2015 es un año clave en la salud mundial, pues los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio llegan a su fin. La Naciones Unidas han desarrollado los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible y las metas, u ODS, que guiarán la agenda mundial de desarrollo post-2015.

April, 2015

2015 is a landmark year in global health as the Millennium Development Goals come to an end. The United Nation has developed the Sustainable Development Goals and targets, or SDGs, which will guide the global development agenda post-2015.

April, 2015

This week has seen a horrific earthquake in Nepal. The WONCA President has sent a message of concern and support to colleagues in the disaster zone.

April, 2015

La Organización regional Iberoamericana de WONCA fue fundada en 1981 por un pionero de la medicina de familia argentina, Julio Ceitlin. La organización reunió a las sociedades y colegios de medicina familiar en los países de la región y en 1996 fue nombrada como Confederación Iberoamericana de Medicina Familiar

April, 2015

WONCA’s Iberoamericana regional organisation was founded in 1981 by Argentine family medicine pioneer, Julio Ceitlin. The organization brought together societies and colleges of family medicine in the countries of the region and in 1996 was named the Confederacion Iberoamericana de Medicina Familiar.

February, 2015

In February I attended the WONCA South Asia Regional Conference held in Dhaka in Bangladesh. This was an opportunity to join with family medicine colleagues from across South Asia to discuss challenges and opportunities and share stories of success.