Regional News

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.

April, 2012

This year’s WONCA Europe conference is fast approaching. The conference is being held in Vienna from July 4-7. In February WONCA Europe’s Executive Committee met with the host organising committee (HOC) at the Hotel Regina in Vienna to discuss final preparations. As the title “the art and science of general practice / family medicine” suggests, art is playing a prominent role at the congress.

April, 2012

EURIPA 3rd Rural Health Forum Education and Training for Rural Practice to be held from May 11-13, 2012 will now be held at the Island of Pag, Croatia.

April, 2012

The 2012 spring meeting of EGPRN will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from May 10–13, 2012. The theme of the meeting is Quality improvement in the care of chronic disease in family practice: the contribution of education and research.