Working Party News

April, 2023

Polaris and the WP on E-Health collaborated to develop a successful YDM Webinar on the role of digital health in Family Medicine

MDD Minds for Primary Care. First meeting of the Master Faculty.

April, 2023

The members of the Master Faculty are specialists in Primary Mental Health Care and understand the particularities and challenges of the region where they practice

WONCA Air Health Train the Trainer Program.

March, 2023

After completing two self-directed online training courses, educational videos, and a webinar with presentations from existing trainers and air pollution teaching slides, trainers were ready to take their training to their local communities.

Education for Primary Care: March Free Access

March, 2023

WWPWFM: Embrace Equity

February, 2023

Every year on the 8th of March, International women's day is celebrated to uplift, encourage, and influence women across the globe to rise and be the best versions of themselves within every field including social, political, cultural, economic and scientific activities.

Planetary Health Education for Primary Care is theme of a recent article publication at Lancet

February, 2023

Planetary Health challenges are rising and primary healthcare professionals should be prepared for dealing with it. In February 2023, the article “An international planetary health for primary care massive open online course” was published by Floss et al. at Lancet Planetary Health and analyzed the MOOC Planetary Health for Primary Care created by WONCA Environment and Telessaúde-RS.

WONCA at the WHO's conference on pre-service education for mental health

February, 2023

Professor Christopher Dowrick, a former chair of the WONCA Working Party on Mental Health, represented WONCA at the World Health Organization's conference on pre-service education for mental health in Geneva, Switzerland on December 15th and 16th.

WONCA joins16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence

December, 2022

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual campaign that begins on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs through International Human Rights Day on 10 December

WP on Environment Shares Statement on the Environmental Impact of Inhalers

December, 2022

People are well aware of air pollution being a risk factor for the development and exacerbations of chronic respiratory diseases, but generally do not know that inhaled therapy to treat respiratory diseases can contribute to climate change

WP on Mental Health: Advocacy is an art that can be learned

November, 2022

A pilot program to teach policy and practice transformation skills to family doctors around the world

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