From the CEO’s Desk
From the CEO's desk - World Family Doctors' day
February, 2013
Family medicine is well established in many countries but others struggle to get acceptance and recognition of our specialism, and one of WONCA’s key roles is to highlight and promote the discipline wherever and whenever we can. One of our initiatives was to establish a “World Family Doctors' Day”.
From the CEO’s Desk: weather, working parties and WONCA world
January, 2013
Bangkok in January – bright blue skies, daytime temperatures in the low to mid 30s, evening temperatures a very pleasant low 20s….. but it’s a great time to be in Thailand and I’m sure it’s mere coincidence, that our President, Rich Roberts, and President-elect, Michael Kidd, will arrive here in early February for the next Core Executive meeting!
From the CEO's desk: New year, new challenges
January, 2013
The next six months will be especially busy, leading up to the World Council in June. As this will be the current Secretariat’s first World Council we are only too aware of how much work has to be done ...
From the CEO's desk: a busy month
November, 2012
New WONCA CEO, Dr Garth Manning, is encouraged by the number of individual family doctors seeking to join WONCA as direct members. He also writes of setting up the new WONCA secretariat in Bangkok.
From the CEO's desk : Greetings from Bangkok
November, 2012
The new Secretariat is slowly assuming its roles and responsibilities. The transition really is “work in progress” and we’re trying to make this one as seamless as we can.
The Nominations and Awards Committee, under the Chairmanship of Professor Michael Kidd, is still seeking nominations for all WONCA posts which will come up for election or re-election at the World Council in Prague next June.
From the CEO's desk : farewell
October, 2012
Dr Alfred Loh retires as Wonca CEO this week. He has been CEO since 2001. Read his final message to WONCA members and report on activites since 2001.
World Family Doctor Day 2012
April, 2012
May 19, 2010 was declared World Family Doctor Day by the then outgoing Wonca World President, Chris van Weel, at the opening of the Wonca World Conference, in Cancun, Mexico.
WONCA Executive meet in Mumbai
February, 2012
The Wonca Executive committee met in Mumbai, India from December 14–17, 2011 just prior to the regional conference of the Wonca South Asia region.