Special Interest Group News

May, 2015

As recently as January 2015, WONCA Executive approved the formation of a new WONCA Special Interest Group on Conflict & Catastrophe Medicine. Convenor, Rich Withnall, has shared this message about the Nepal disaster and invited interested family doctors to join the new group.

May, 2015

The WONCA Special Interest Group on Family Violence launches an invitation to WONCA members, all colleges and academies to join its reflection on effective implementation on how to deal with family violence in primary health care.

February, 2015

A new WONCA Special Interest Group on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) was approved by the WONCA Executive in July 2013 and serves as a focus for the development of NCDs issues for Wonca worldwide.

February, 2015

After a great first year of the WONCA Special Interest Group on Health Equity, we hope this will be another great year for our drive towards health equity!

February, 2015

During 2014, the WONCA Special Interest Group on Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) launched an online survey. They are keen to get more responses from interested colleagues.

July, 2014

The WONCA Working Party on Women and Family Medicine has identified family violence as a major health issue facing women doctors and their patients WONCA’s stance against family violence has been further strengthened by the Vasco da Gama Young Doctors group work and the formation of the WONCA Special Interest Group on Family Violence in 2014.

June, 2014

A workshop titled ‘How to Set Up and Manage Point-of-Care Testing in Your Family Practice’ was presented by Prof Mark Shephard and Lara Motta on behalf of the WONCA Special Interest Group on Global Point-of-Care Testing at the recent WONCA Asia Pacific Regional Conference in Kuching, Malaysia.

June, 2014

The WONCA Special Interest Group on complexity will run a workshop in Lisbon, at the WONCA Europe conference in July, and is involved in organising a conference being held in November in the US.

May, 2014

The WONCA Special interest Group on Cancer and Palliative Care will hold a workshop at the coming WONCA Europe conference in Lisbon in July.

March, 2014

The WONCA Special Interest Group on Cancer and Palliative Care will conduct a symposium at the WONCA Europe conference coming up in Lisbon in July.