WONCA News

June, 2014

A workshop titled ‘How to Set Up and Manage Point-of-Care Testing in Your Family Practice’ was presented by Prof Mark Shephard and Lara Motta on behalf of the WONCA Special Interest Group on Global Point-of-Care Testing at the recent WONCA Asia Pacific Regional Conference in Kuching, Malaysia.

June, 2014

This year's WONCA Asia Pacific conference was held from May 21-24 in Kuching, Malaysia. This is a small selection fo photographs. More..

June, 2014

World Family Doctor day has generated a lot of interest from around the globe. More reports have been received from Bangladesh, the Caribbean, Lebanon and Turkey

June, 2014

At the recent WONCA Asia Pacific region conference, visits to rural health clinics were offered by the Host Organising Committee. The WONCA Editor joined another Australian colleague and four colleagues from Japan on one of the visit programs.

June, 2014

The TOBAGO Chapter of the Caribbean College of Family Physicians (CCFP) is the newest Chapter to be formed within the Caribbean College of Family Physicians (CCFP) and its launch was timed to coincide with World Family Doctor Day- May 19, 2014.

June, 2014

At the recent WONCA Asia Pacific conference in Kuching prizes were presented for research, oral presentations and posters. Winners are announced.

June, 2014

The research methodology workshop was organized by South Asian Primary Care Research Network (SAPCRN) and Department of Family Medicine University of Health Sciences Lahore on February 20-21, 2014. The theme of the conference was Promoting Primary Care Research through Family Doctors.

June, 2014

The annual EURACT course for family medicine teachers at all levels will be held again at Bled in Slovenia 23 – 27 September. T

June, 2014

Estuve hace poco en la ciudad malasia de Kuching, en Sarawak, en la isla mística de Borneo, y conocí a la médica de familia Maila Mustapha

June, 2014

I was recently in the Malaysian city of Kuching in Sarawak, on the mystical island of Borneo, and met family doctor Maila Mustapha. Like Dr Maila, as family doctors we all work hard, and many of us work under difficult conditions. Sometimes the resources that we need to do our job are not available. Sometimes the hours we work and the demands on our time can be arduous.