Regional News

September, 2013

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.

September, 2013

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

August, 2013

Read more about WONCA Africa's activities including their proposed 2015 conference in Ghana.

July, 2013

WONCA EMR has new office bearers and some photos of recent meetings for member interest

July, 2013

Family medicine leaders from the North America Region met in Prague prior to the World Council meeting.

May, 2013

The first National Conference on Family Medicine and Primary Care was organised by Academy of Family Physicians of India in collaboration with The Spice Route Movement and supported by WONCA. The Research Methodology workshop held during the conference was organised by the South Asia Primary Care Research Network.

April, 2013

WONCA Europe Five Star Doctor 2013 is Dr Athanasios Symeonidis, of Greece.

February, 2013

Dr Tomlin Paul, who lives in Jamaica, but was born in Trinidad, has been awarded the WONCA North America five –star doctor award.

February, 2013

The International Research Methodology Conference for Primary Care Physicians was held on January 19–20, 2013. The theme of the conference was Strengthening Primary Care Research through Family Doctors. This event was two days’ of hands-on workshop covering all the important topics of research methodology.

January, 2013

Dr Rob Dijkstra appointed as President of the Dutch College of General Practitioners