WONCA News

February, 2018

This month I want to return to the theme of WONCA conferences and events. These are important landmarks in our calendar, as they afford a great opportunity to meet up with old friends, to make some new friends, and to share areas of interest with colleagues from all around the world.

February, 2018

​​Nos rencontres internationales sont un véritable moyen de partager les bonnes pratiques, d’encourager le soutien mutuel et la formation continue et de créer et maintenir des politiques et processus formels. J’espère que le plus grand nombre possible de membres assisteront au moins à l’une de nos conférences cette année

February, 2018

Que nuestra comunidad global pueda reunirse en todo el mundo es una forma realmente importante de compartir buenas prácticas, alentar el apoyo mutuo y el desarrollo profesional, y crear y mantener políticas y procesos formales. Espero que el mayor número de gente posible asista a, por lo menos, una conferencia de WONCA este año, y que tengamos éxito a la hora de reunir a nuestra comunidad global en Corea del Sur, en octubre.

February, 2018

The WONCA rural family will be meeting once again in two months’ time in Delhi for the 15th WONCA World Rural Health Conference. It is this global collective approach that has made a difference over the last 22 years since we met in Shanghai in 1996 for our first inaugural conference.

February, 2018

The WONCA Special Interest Group on Migrant Care, International Health & Travel Medicine has a new co-chair, Guus Busser, who joins existing chair, Maria van den Muijsenbergh. Who is Guus Busser?

February, 2018

The WONCA Special Interest Group on Family Violence calls on all Member Organizations in WONCA to address family violence policy, training and procedures as a matter of urgent priority in order to have their members supported and resourced to manage this common problem effectively and in an evidence-based manner.

February, 2018

WONCA Europe comes to the beautiful city of Krakow in May 2018. Find our more about the seven keynote speeches and note the early bird registration ends February 28.

February, 2018

Amanda Howe (President) and Viviana Martinez-Bianchi (WONCA WHO Liaison) write: One of the things that our members tell us they value about WONCA is its ability to advocate at the World Health Organization level. We spend time, energy, and money trying to get your voice heard in the different WHO activities.

February, 2018

Dr Maria-Pilar Astier-Peña (Pictured), chair of the WONCA Working Party on Quality and Safety has participated in an expert consultation concerning “Early global action to support implementation of the third WHO Patient Safety Challenge “Medication Without Harm” (#MWH Pride).

February, 2018

Chris Dowrick, chair of the WONCA Working Party on Mental Health writes about the latest resource produced by his Working Party : Core Competencies of Family Doctors in Mental Health Care. In the document they consider that there are six domains for the core competencies of family doctors in primary mental health care.