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  • About WONCA
    • About WONCA

      WONCA is an unusual, yet convenient acronym comprising the first five initials of the World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians.

      WONCA's short name is World Organization of Family Doctors.

      • WONCA in brief
      • Policy Statements
      • Working Parties, Special Interest Grps
      • Regions and Member Organizations
      • Executive Committee
      • Statutory Committees
      • WONCA Secretariat
      • WONCA By Laws
      • Annual Report
  • News
    • Latest News from WONCA

      Previous Newsletters

      • Webinar: Addressing depression in primary health care - May 13, 2025
      • Webinar: Cultural approaches to mental health - May 13, 2025
      • Webinar: Key Concepts for Mental Resilience - May 13, 2025
      • Webinar: How Family Doctors and Patients Can Improve Mental Health - May 13, 2025
      • Read all…

      Categories

      • President's Messages
      • From the Headquarters
      • Feature Stories
      • WONCA and WHO News
      • Conference News and Reports
      • In My View ...
      • Working Party News
      • Special Interest Group News
      • Young Doctors Movements
      • Regional News
      • Member Organization News
      • Resources for Family Doctors
      • Organisational news and Governance
      • Announcements and Updates
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  • Conferences
    • WONCA Conferences

      08 May-11 May, 2025

      WONCA East Mediterranean Region Conference 2025

      Tangier, Morocco.

      17 Sep-21 Sep, 2025

      WONCA World Conference 2025

      Lisbon, Portugal

      10 Sep-11 Sep, 2026

      9th WONCA Africa Region Conference 2026

      Gaborone, Botswana

      WONCA Endorsed Events

      Member Organization Events

  • WONCA Regions
    • WONCA Regions

      Region Information:

      • Collaborative Organizations
      • Africa
      • Asia Pacific
      • East Mediterranean
      • Europe
      • Iberoamericana-CIMF
      • North America
      • South Asia

      Member Organizations:

      • Africa region
      • Asia Pacific region
      • East Mediterranean region
      • Europe region
      • Iberoamericana-CIMF region
      • North America region
      • South Asia region
      • Collaborative Organization Members
      • Academic Members
  • WONCA Groups
    • Groups and Committees

      Working Parties

      • Education
      • Ethics and Professionalism
      • eHealth
      • Mental Health
      • Planetary Health
      • Quality & Safety
      • Research
      • Rural Practice
      • International Classification (WICC)
      • Women & Family Medicine

      Special Interest Groups

      • Adolescent & Young Adult Care
      • Ageing and Health
      • Cancer & Palliative care
      • Complexities in Health
      • Emergency Medicine
      • Emerging Practice Models for Family Medicine
      • Dermatology
      • Health Equity
      • Indigenous & Minority Groups Health Issues
      • Integrative Medicine
      • LGBTQ Health
      • Non-communicable diseases
      • Point of care testing
      • Policy Advocacy
      • Quaternary Prevention & Overmedicalization
      • Family Violence
      • Migrant Care, Int Health & Travel Medicine
      • Workers Health

      Young Doctors' Movements

  • Member Interest
    • Member Interest

      For Individual Doctors

      • WONCA Project Labs
      • Become a WONCA member

      World Family Doctor Day

      Clinical Resources

      Latest News

      Global Jobs

      Notices

      • Professor Michael Boland - RIP March 25, 2020
      • "BJGP Open" Editorial Board
      • Yvonne van Leeuwen (1951-2019)
        Vasco da Gama Movement founder
      • Vale Dr Julian Tudor Hart
      • Prof Michael (Micky) Weingarten : (1947-2018)
      • Dr Shigeaki HINOHARA : 1911-2017
        Japan's most eminent physician
      • Dr Fons SIPS : 1940 - 2016
        Vasco da Gama Movement founder
      • Prof Janko Kersnik - 1960-2015
        WONCA Europe Honorary Secretary
      • Dr David GAME:
        President of WONCA 1983-86
      • Roger Rosenblatt M.D., M.P.H., M.F.R. 1945-2014
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      WONCA People

      • Featured Family Doctors
      • Featured WONCA leaders
      • Past WONCA officers and other profiles
      • Rural Heroes

      WONCA Awards

      • WONCA Fellowship
      • WONCA Honorary Life Direct Members
      • WONCA Five Star Doctors
      • WONCA foundation award
      • Montegut Global Scholar Programme
      • Taiwan Family Medicine Research Award
      • Atai Omorutu Scholarship Award
      • Donald Li YDM Global Scholarship
  • International Issues
    • International Issues

      A collection of feeds, publications, and alerts from third parties including the WHO.

      WONCA - WHO Liaison

      • WONCA - WHO liaison background
      • WHO publications of particular relevance to Primary Care
      • WHO Website News
      • WHO Website Publications

      The Barbara Starfield Collection

      Professor Barbara Starfield championed the value and need of strong primary health care systems worldwide. This collection emphasizes the case for primary care and includes a number of Barbara Starfield's own articles as well as other key related material.

  • Resources for GPs/FPs
    • WONCA Accreditation

      Clinical Resources

      • MDD Minds
      • A-Z topic listing
      • Goodfellow Gems
      • COVID-19 resources
      • Journals of interest
      • Submit a Resource
      • PEARLS
      • Evidence & guidelines
      • Downloadable Apps
      • WONCA Publications
      • WONCA Guidebook
      • Occupational Health
      • Databases (search the literature)

      Barbara Starfield Collection

      Submit a Resource

Featured WONCA leaders

Profiles of family doctors who have been featured on the WONCA website and are current WONCA leaders. 

LYGIDAKIS, Dr Harris

AKMAN, Prof Mehmet

AKMAN, Prof Mehmet ANTEYI, Dr Kate ASTIER-PEÑA, Prof María-Pilar (English/español) BARROS, Prof Enrique BUENO ORTIZ, Dr José Miguel (English/español) CHATER, A/Prof Alan Bruce DASCAL-WEICHHENDLER, Dr Hagit DOWRICK, Prof Christopher FLOSS, Ms Mayara GOODYEAR-SMITH, Prof Felicity HEGARTY, Prof Kelsey HEGAZY, Dr Nagwa KALLESTRUP, A/Prof Per KÜHLEIN, Prof Thomas KUMAR, Dr Pratyush LI, Dr Donald KT LIONIS, Prof Christos LYGIDAKIS, Dr Harris MANNING, Dr Garth:
WONCA CEO 2012-2020
MARTINEZ-BIANCHI, Dr Viviana MASH, Prof Bob METSEMAKERS, Prof Job FM (English/español) MOOSA, Dr Shabir MOOSA, Prof Shabir NUNES BARATA, Dr Ana OROZCO-BELTRAN, Prof Domingo PADULA, A/Prof Inez PONZO, Adj Prof Jacqueline (English/español) PRASAD, A/Prof Pramendra RANDENIKUMARA, Dr Sankha REID, Prof Marvin SCOTT-JONES, Dr Jo STAVDAL, Dr Anna TAYLOR, Dr Tane Arataki TELLIER, A/Prof Pierre-Paul THOMAS, Dr Claire Marie UNGAN, Prof Mehmet VETTER, Dr Cheyanne VINKER, Prof Shlomo WASS, Prof Val WITHNALL, Prof Rich WONG, Dr William WYNN-JONES, Dr John ZOIȚANU, Dr Raluca

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