WONCA News

September, 2016

Job Metsemakers reflects: It was not a surprise that I left Prague in 2013 as President of WONCA Europe. But I also left Prague as an Executive Board member of WONCA World, and as Chair of the WONCA Membership Committee. With Rio fast approaching it is a good opportunity to reflect on my three and a half years as a WONCA Europe President.

September, 2016

In his new capacity as the President for WONCA Asia Pacific Region, Prof Meng-Chih Lee, coupled with his Asia Pacific council members and World WONCA, would like to strengthen Rajakumar Movement, continue to support Taiwan Family Medicine Research Award, try to invite the non-member countries in Asia Pacific region to join in WONCA , and to maintain good partnership with WHO Western Pacific Region.

September, 2016

Estas son las últimas palabras que os dedico como Presidente de WONCA y es por eso que me gustaría compartir con vosotros algunas reflexiones acerca de la gran cantidad de trabajo que WONCA lleva a cabo y sobre la dedicación de todos los profesionales de la Medicina de Familia en todo el mundo.

September, 2016

The CEO reports on visits to The Maldives, the UK and two videos - one from the RCGP and the other from WHO EMRO.

September, 2016

John Wynn- Jones writes: I have just returned from a remarkable international symposium in Norway on the research associated with generalism in rural practice, which was hosted by the Centre for Rural Medicine at the University of Tromso. Although the term rural generalism appears to be new, it is really a reaffirmation of the fact that doctors working in rural & isolated communities are by nature generalists. Good rural doctors, who have such a wide scope of practice have to be good generalists.

September, 2016

WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office has produced an advocacy video on family practice. Prof Michael Kidd, WONCA President, was invited to provide some words from WONCA for inclusion in the video

September, 2016

WONCA has supported a Bill of Rights produced by the World Psychiatric Association. The Bill of Rights has been supported by the WONCA Working Party on Mental Health and WONCA World Executive.

September, 2016

College of Family Medicine Pakistan has initiated its research cell. The project was initiated by the board of executive directors of the CFMP. Some of these members have expertise in conducting both clinical as well as community interventional research.

September, 2016

​The Balearic and Spanish Societies of Family and Community Medicine (Ibamfic and SemFYC) have the great honor to invite you to the IV Balearic Meeting of European Residents & Young GPs - “Connecting Doctors”, which will be held in Palma de Mallorca on October 21st and 22nd of 2016.

September, 2016

Dr Garth Manning and I, were invited to visit Maldives from 20th to 22nd August 2016 by Dr Ali Shareef, the Maldives’ first Dirct Member of WONCA and also its first GP trainee