Regional News

February, 2012

The Malaysian Primary Care Research Group (MPCRG), under the auspices of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia (AFPM), has successfully organised the third Asia-Pacific primary care research conference (APPCR) conference.

February, 2012

The College of Primary Care Physicians of Zimbabwe is delighted to have been selected to organise the 2012 Wonca Africa conference and is looking forward to hosting delegates from all over Africa and from around the world.

February, 2012

On Thursday, January 12, 2012, the Wonca Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR) president, Prof Nabil Kurashi, and general secretary, Dr Oraib Alsmadi, in collaboration with Dr Taghreed Farahat, the president of Egyptian Society of Family Medicine; conducted a meeting in Cairo on the ICPC concept, structure and use in primary health care.

February, 2012

Click here for the Wonca Asia Pacific Region application for bursaries. This application is for WONCA APR Council Meetings and Conferences during the WONCA Jeju, South Korea conference, May 24th-27th, 2012. This application must be emailed to Dr. Wahid Khan awkhan55@gmail.com no later than the 28th Feb '12.

December, 2011

Since June 2009, A/Prof Jelle Stoffers has been the editor-in-chief of the European Journal of General Practice (EJGP). This is the official journal of the European Society of General Practice and Family Medicine (WONCA Europe).

April, 2011

Celebrating an achievement in research publication, The Asia Pacific Family Medicine Journal raised the profile of regional research at the recent Asia Pacific WONCA conference, 2011.

December, 2010

The announcement of the WONCA Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) as full WONCA Region during the Cancun Conference was happily awaited. It was the culmination of several years of preparation on the part of its interim executive.