Regional News

October, 2012

A lecture series was delivered in Nigeria to celebrate World Family Doctor Day. Photos record the event.

October, 2012

On September 13th, the Dutch College of General Practitioners organized a ceremony to mark the fact that Arno Timmermans stepped down as medical director and President. The occasion brought to an end an impressive leadership of primary care

October, 2012

WONCA Europe is calling for applications for bursaries for the WONCA World conference 2013 Prague. The bursaries will support conference registration, accommodation and travel to a maximum of $1,000 per person. The bursaries will be available worldwide in competition to any family doctor or resident in a family doctor programme, who can make a case for such a bursary and who is supported by their own College or Association.

August, 2012

Elections have taken place in Jordan and Iraq for new board members of the family medicine society in each country.

July, 2012

WONCA Asia Pacific regional council recently formulated the Jeju Declaration outlining their vision for family medicine enhancement.

June, 2012

For the third time, the Lyn Clearihan Award for the best research paper published in the journal in the preceding twelve months has been awarded. This year the winner is Dr Mora Claramita.

June, 2012

WONCA Europe is proud to announce Dr Miguel Román, of Spain as the winner of the WONCA Europe Award of Excellence in Health Care: The 5-Star Doctor 2012.

June, 2012

WONCA Asia Pacific region council has announced the final list of bursary recipients who will have been aided to attend the region conference in Jeju, in May.

June, 2012

The International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) 6th world conference, was held in Edinburgh, April 2012. The conference attracted over 1000 delegates from 40 countries.

April, 2012

Dr Donald Li, President of WONCA Asia Pacific region was a plenary speaker at the International Primary Health Care Reform Conference held in Brisbane Australia, from March 6-7, 2012.