WONCA News

October, 2014

Hello again from Bangkok. This month I want to concentrate on WONCA awards, WONCA conferences and WONCA resources. Two sets of awards are currently available for WONCA members. The Montegut Scholarship awards provide support for one doctor from each of the seven WONCA regions to attend their regional conference annually. The Taiwan Family Medicine Research awards are available to three young researchers, to present their research at the Asia Pacific conference in Taipei next March.

October, 2014

Miles Mack, Chair-elect of the RCGP Scotland writes: Scotland is by no means unusual in having difficulties in recruiting to remote and rural posts. At present there are many isolated mainland and island practices that are unable to recruit and in many places the Health Boards have been forced to employ short term locums or even take over the running of practices to ensure patients are provided with the care they need

September, 2014

Amanda Howe, President-elect writes another thought-provoking policy bite: ‘Integration’ has become the latest buzzword on the health policy agenda ... But there are many definitions and models being debated, and these tend to depend on the nature of the health system and the level of integration envisaged.

September, 2014

In coming months, WONCA News will feature regular articles on the subject of Occupational Health including useful resources for clinical practice. This month we revisit the recent statement on worker’s health.

September, 2014

WONCA was represented at the annual Mental Health Gap Action Program (mhGAP) meeting, which this year took place September 4-5 at the World Health Organization premises, Geneva.

September, 2014

The Montegut Global Scholars Program was established by the American Board of Family Medicine Foundation in 2010. The program will provide a scholarship for one family physician from each of the seven WONCA regions to aid their attendance at their respective regional WONCA meetings in 2015.

September, 2014

Denmark is a country with an enviable system of health care, based on strong family medicine and providing universal health coverage. I was invited to visit Denmark to speak at the annual meeting of the Danish College of General Practitioners and I was keen to learn more about the successes and also the challenges facing Danish general practice.

September, 2014

The astonishing city of Lisbon was the host of the 10th anniversary preconference of the Vasco da Gama Movement (VDGM), which was held on 1st and 2nd July 2014, and was made possible thanks to the enduring effort and passion of the preconference organising team and the unconditional support of the Portuguese Association of Family Medicine (APMGF).

September, 2014

Health Organization's (WHO) Regional committee for South East Asia (SEAR) was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from September 9-12, 2014. WONCA was represented by Professor Pratap Narayan Prasad, WONCA South Asia region (SAR) president.

September, 2014

From September 11-13, 2014, the AAFP Global Health Workshop was held in San Diego... A Vasco da Gama Movement team, of Ana Nunes Barata, Lisa Gambhir and Harris Lygidakis, had the great opportunity to participate in this workshop. Includes videos of exchange participants and hosts.