Newsletter: September 2017

Networks, opportunities and prioritisation – does enthusiasm need to be balanced with realism? - The President has been in Tanzania at both the Aga Khan University and meeting with the International Federation of Medical Student Associations.

Réseaux, opportunités et priorisation -faut-il modérer l’enthousiasme d’un peu de réalisme?

Redes de trabajo, oportunidades y priorización – ¿es necesario encontrar un punto de equilibrio entre entusiasmo y realismo?

It’s been a busy month for travel, with trips to Dubai and Peru for the WONCA CEO. He has attended the WONCA Iberoamericana conference in Peru recently and been planning for our world conference coming to Abu Dhabi in 2020.

El Documento; La Atención Primaria como Fundamento para el Fortalecimiento de los Sistemas de Salud en los países en vías de desarrollo (1). ¿Es adecuada la asistencia sanitaria en Atención Primaria a la hora de garantizar el acceso a la salud, ofrecer protección contra un gasto excesivo y asegurar un uso equitativo de los recursos?

I am Jesse Rockmore, a 4th year osteopathic medical student in the United States. I am originally from a small town in the lower Appalachian Mountains in Georgia. Poor access to primary and surgical care in my small town compelled me to pursue a career in rural health care.

Annette Berendsen, convenor of the WONCA Special Interest Group (SIG) on Cancer and Palliative Care provides the 2016-17 annual report

Maria van den Muijsenbergh, convenor, WONCA Special Interest Group (SIG) on Migrant Care, International Health and Travel Medicine provides the group's Annual Report for 2016-17.

Victor Ng, convenor of the WONCA Special Interest Group (SIG) on Emergency Medicine provides his annual report for 2016-17

Prof Rich Withnall (UK), Convener of the WONCA Special Interest Group on Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine provides the group's annual report fro 2016-2017 and reprots on a phenomenal growth in membership.

The board of WONCA Iberoamericana region-CIMF release their Manifesto against violence and intolerance developed during the recent regional conference in Lima, Peru. Available in English Spanish and Portuguese.

More Goodfellow GEMS are added to our website. Gems are chosen by the director of the Goodfellow Unit, New Zealand, Dr Bruce Arroll, to be either practice changing or practice maintaining.

Well known colleague and Family Medicine leader, Prof Jan De Maeseneer has written a book, “Family Medicine and Primary Care at the Crossroads of Societal Change”. The WONCA Editor interviews Jan about this publication.

Dr Shigeaki HINOHARA who was the most eminent physician in Japan died on July 18, 2017 at the age of 105.