WONCA News

March, 2017

Growing together in diversity is the main motto of our conference. This newsletter considers interviews from two speakers, Harris Lygidakis and Cyril Hoeschl.

March, 2017

Prof Val Wass, the new chair of the WONCA Working Party on Education sets out the group's coming priorities and activities.

March, 2017

A finales de enero fui al Consejo Ejecutivo de la Organización Mundial de la Salud con el Doctor Manning. Buena parte de la Asamblea estaba preocupada acerca de la elección del nuevo Secretario General, que tendrá lugar en mayo de 2017. De todos modos, hubo diversos elementos en la agenda en la que pusimos puntos en común en nombre de WONCA – también en el ámbito personal – tanto en lo referente al personal sanitario como a los inmigrantes sanitarios, puesto que para ambos de ellos ya disponemos de una política disponible.

March, 2017

J’ai assisté au Conseil d’administration de l’OMS (Organisation mondiale de la Santé) fin janvier en compagnie de Dr Manning. La préoccupation principale de l’Assemblée concernait l’élection du prochain Secrétaire Général qui aura lieu en mai 2017. Plusieurs autres points à l’ordre du jour nous ont permis de faire des déclarations au nom de WONCA –sur le personnel et sur la santé des migrants, sujets pour lesquels nous avons déjà établi des politiques.

February, 2017

The WONCA World Rural Health Conference comes to Cairns, Australia at the end of April. This is the latest information on visas, accommodation, transport, postconference workshops.

February, 2017

From Evelyn van Weel-Baumgarten, President of EACH: International Association of Communication in Healthcare (EACH) an Organization in Collaborative relations with WONCA.

February, 2017

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February, 2017

This month’s Policy Bite is another ‘external invite’, this time by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) in the United Kingdom. The document deals with multimorbidity and our role as family doctors in caring for patients with multimorbidity. It is a 20 page monograph written by Maureen Baker and Holly Jeffers and is endorsed by the RCGP Council.

February, 2017

The time has come to seek applications from doctors from these two regions for Montegut scholarships, allowing one doctor from each region to attend regional conferences in August. This year there will be two awards for the Africa region and one for the Iberoamericana region.

February, 2017

Last year many of our colleagues across the globe celebrated the day by organising a variety of events and activities. We’re very happy for Member Organizations to develop their own theme for FDD, depending on local priorities, but this year we’d especially like to highlight depression.