WONCA News

September, 2014

WONCA EMR president, Dr Mohammed Tarawneh, and Dr Oraib Alsmadi, WONCA EMR honorary treasurer, were invited as temporary advisors to attend the WHO EMR meeting on strengthening the integration and management of noncommunicable diseases in primary health care

September, 2014

This Research Award is made possible by a generous donation from the Chinese Taipei Association of Family Medicine, to support three junior and emerging researchers to travel to present their paper at the 2015 WONCA Asia Pacific Region Conference

September, 2014

The international electronic journal of Rural and Remote Health research education and practice policy has published a review by Dr John Wootton of the WONCA Rural Medical Education Guidebook.

September, 2014

At the recent South Asia region conference in Chennai, Dr Bhavna Matta was announced as the new chair of The Spice Route Movement, for young family doctors/ GPs in South Asia.

September, 2014

Over 600 delegates attended the magnificent WONCA SAR 2014 conference, in, Chennai, during August. The Spice Route movement for young family doctors/ GPs held numerous activities. Read their report here.

September, 2014

Dr Chloe Perdrix is a young GP from France who has embarked on a year of travel in Asia, finding out about working in other countries. This is the introduction to her story which WONCA News will follow for the next year.

August, 2014

The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada has announced a new award named after Dr Charles Boelen - the International social accountability award. Applications close on October 31.

August, 2014

Over 25% of the world’s population lives in South Asia, many in dire poverty with limited or no access to health care... The national government of India, like the World Health Organization, has recognised that universal health care can only be achieved through strengthening of primary care, and the key to this is strong family medicine.

August, 2014

Más del 25% de la población del mundo vive en Asia meridional, muchos de ellos en extrema pobreza y sin acceso o con acceso muy limitado a los servicios de salud. El gobierno nacional de la Republica de la India, al igual que la Organización Mundial de la Salud (O.M.S.), ha reconocido que la atención sanitaria universal sólo puede lograrse a través del fortalecimiento de la atención primaria, y la clave de esto está en disponer de una medicina familiar fuerte.

August, 2014

Acabo de finalizar la elaboración de un artículo para que lo valore el Consejo de la organización de la que soy miembro (Royal College GPs, Reino Unido). Deseamos revisar lo que hacemos a través de los miembros de nuestra sociedad para mejorar la calidad del cuidado que prestamos a nuestros pacientes – no solamente la seguridad, ni la calidad de los chequeos, sino la mejora de la calidad... Hay que apuntar alto pero ser realista y persistente – como es conocido Gandhi “usted debe ser el cambio que quiere ver en el mundo”- los demás le seguirán.