WONCA News

December, 2019

Family doctors quite rightly claim a central key position in the provision of primary care. We are the only well-trained generalist physicians who fulfill this role... We are challenged to show our worth in health care settings where it is assumed that other providers such as community health workers are better placed to provide personal first contact care.

December, 2019

The 25th WONCA Europe Conference in Berlin will discuss hot topics about the future of our profession and evidence how best to care for our patients and societies not only with doctors from Europe but also with other professions cooperating with us in our practices, in our departments and in the community from all over the world.

December, 2019

Next year’s WONCA Asia Pacific Regional Conference is taking place in Auckland, New Zealand from 23 – 26 April. The conference will see more than 1,200 GPs, family doctors and we encourage you to take advantage of the special early bird pricing on offer until 20 December.

December, 2019

In 2022, WONCA celebrates the 50th anniversary of its inauguration and plans are well and truly underway to make the World Conference in Sydney, Australia, the best ever. Just this week, the RACGP announced the 2019 winners who will get their airfares, accommodation and conference registration paid for to attend the WONCA 2022 Conference in Sydney.

December, 2019

This month Waynakay, Polaris, the Spice Route, and Vasco da Gama movements for Young Doctors provide updates on activities over the past few months..

December, 2019

This month Waynakay, Polaris, the Spice Route, and Vasco da Gama movements for Young Doctors provide updates on activities over the past few months..

December, 2019

This month Waynakay, Polaris, the Spice Route, and Vasco da Gama movements for Young Doctors provide updates on activities over the past few months..

December, 2019

Los médicos de familia, de forma muy acertada, reclaman ocupar una posición central a la hora de proveer la Atención Primaria con los recursos necesarios, puesto que somos los únicos médicos con una formación suficiente para ocupar esta posición.

November, 2019

Prof Imran Rafi, convenor, SIG on Genetics reports on the development of this new group.

November, 2019

Hagit Dascal-Weichhendler (left) and Kelsey Hegarty (right), co-chairs, Special Interest Group on Family Violence report: The Special Interest Group on Family Violence (SIG FV) has focused over the last two years on expanding our global connections to systematically support family doctors to address family violence in practice and policy.