WONCA News

January, 2020

John Wynn-Jones, Immediate Past Chair of the WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice encourages support for the coming WONCA World Rural Health conference in Bangladesh, from April 15-18, 2020. Deadlines for abstract submission and early bird registration are still open.

January, 2020

The WONCA Executive Committee is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Harris Lygidakis as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), succeeding Dr Garth Manning, in November 2020

January, 2020

WONCA President, Dr Donald Li has written to the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine​ (ACRRM) to express his sadness and sympathy for colleagues in the wake the current devastation and loss of life in many parts of Australia as a result of fires.

January, 2020

The WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice Award for Outstanding Service to Rural Practice was presented to Dr John Wynn-Jones at the 16th WONCA World Rural Health Conference, Albuquerque October 2019.This award recognises a clinician’s exemplary service to their rural communities, to their professional colleagues and to the next generation of doctors.

January, 2020

​The European General Practice Research Network (EGPRN), a network of WONCA Europe, is proud to announce its involvement in an ERASMUS+ (is the European Commission programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe) project on innovative training for technology-based frailty and falls management with the project “Fall-in-Age”

December, 2019

It is not unusual to look back on the year that is coming to an end, to reflect on how things have changed and set in place plans for the year to come. When Executive held their meeting at the end of November 2019 it was almost exactly one year since the new Executive had been formed. An appropriate time for reflection.

December, 2019

​我们即将迎接新一年的来临，亦是每年回顾过去、展望未来的日子。WONCA应届执行委员会于2019年11月底举行了会议，适逢是执行委员会成立一周年，更是作中期总结的好时机。

December, 2019

​Il n'est pas rare de revenir sur l'année qui s'achève, de réfléchir à la façon dont les choses ont changé et de mettre en place des plans pour l'année à venir. Lorsque l'Exécutif a tenu sa réunion à la fin novembre 2019, cela faisait presque exactement un an que le nouvel Exécutif avait été formé. Un moment propice à la réflexion.

December, 2019

​Ante un año que está terminando, mirar atrás para reflexionar acerca de cómo han cambiado las cosas y establecer planes para el año que se acerca no es algo habitual. Cuando el Ejecutivo se reunió a finales de noviembre de 2019, hacía exactamente 12 meses desde que se había formado, lo que representó una buena ocasión para reflexionar.

December, 2019

We are pleased to inform you that we have launched key WHO materials, tools and a country implementation portal as part of the WHO QualityRights programme.