New Regional President of WONCA East Mediterranean

East Mediterranean Regional News March 2021

March, 2021

WONCA is delighted to announce the appointment of Prof Taghreed Mohamed Farahat (Egypt), as Regional President of WONCA East Mediterranean 2021, succeeding Prof Jinan Usta (Lebanon).

Presently, Prof Farahat is President of the Egyptian University Promotion Committee (EUPC) for Family medicine and community medicine. She also serves as Chair Person of the Egyptian Family Medicine Association (EFMA), contributing with technical assistance to the Ministry of Health to establish the Egyptian Board of Family Medicine, developing training sessions, and educational curriculum, programs & guidelines in Family practice.

Additionally, she works as Project manager (PI) & Head of the Taskforce of family medicine curriculum development for undergraduate medical school students, Head of the research committee of WONCA /EMR Founder and Ex. Chairman of the Department of Family Medicine, Menoufia University.