WONCA News

September, 2018

On September 14-15, 2018, more than one hundred European Residents and Young GPs met at the College of Doctors of the Balearic Islands (COMIB) in Palma de Mallorca, to take part in the VI Balearic Meeting of European Residents and Young GPs.

September, 2018

John Wynn-Jones writes : Our 15th World Rural Health Conference last April in Delhi seems such a long way now as we find ourselves preparing for another WONCA Conference, the 22nd WONCA World Conference which will be held in Seoul from October 17 to 21. Included are a list of rural themed presentations and workshops in Seoul.

September, 2018

The Young Doctors' Movement has developed a WONCA statement on the value of exchanges in Family Medicine which has been endorsed by WONCA Executive.

September, 2018

So we look forward, both to Seoul and to Astana. We shall make our own WONCA Declaration at Seoul, and carry this forward into the next biennium, and onwards to Astana. We hope all members will feel part of this effort, and share their views and actions to our common goal – “to improve the quality of life of the peoples of the world … by fostering high standards of care in general practice/family medicine”.

September, 2018

Prof Val Wass updates us on the activities of the Working Party on Education including the challenges for the group, the preconference in Seoul and the latest open access article of interest from "Education for Primary Care"

September, 2018

The WONCA Europe conference is coming to Bratislava, Slovakia in 2019. Call for abstracts and registration are both open. Find out more about the lovely city of Bratislava!

September, 2018

Rich Withnall report on the past years' activities for te eSIG on Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine and sets out aims for the coming two years.

September, 2018

The World Federation for Mental Health is focusing the 2018 WMHDAY campaign on Young People and Mental Health in a Changing World. Please join us with your activities on World Mental health Day ​

September, 2018

This is the second announcement in WONCA News about the WONCA Asia Pacific region conference coming in 2019 to Kyoto, Japan. The conference will be held from May 15-18, 2019 and this item lists important dates for registration and abstracts.

September, 2018

WONCA’s Young Doctors Movements (YDMs) are proud to announce the establishment of the Young Doctors’ Movements Global Fund - a platform to collect donations that are going to be used for different activities of Young Doctors’ Movements from all over the globe.