Regional News

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

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.

November, 2019

The 89th EGPRN meeting took place in Vigo, Spain, between the 17th and the 20th October 2019. Find out more here.

October, 2019

A two-day consultative meeting was held at the WHO AFRO offices in Congo Brazaville on the 13-14 August 2019. This meeting came as a result of the active participation of Dr Prosper Tumussime at the WONCA Africa conference in June 2019, in Kampala, Uganda. The need for WONCA Africa and WHO AFRO to work together to strengthen health systems in African countries became apparent.

September, 2019

​The attached statement on Equity was submitted by Mehmet Ungan, WONCA Europe President, on behalf of WONCA Europe, for WHO Europe RC69: "Promoting Equıty for a Better Quality of Health Care for All Europeans"

September, 2019

With equity at the heart of the conference, WONCA 2020 promises to deliver an inspiring and diverse programme of plenary sessions, panel discussions, skills workshops and debates which explore the theme of: Family Medicine - leading the way towards an advanced world of equity, quality and compassion.

August, 2019

In November, the IX EURIPA Forum will take place in the beautiful city of Ponta Delgada, located in the Atlantic island of São Miguel, Azores, Portugal.

August, 2019

The first consultation meeting of the Primary Health Care Measurement and Improvement Initiative of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region was held in Cairo WHO EMRO regional office. It was great to see WONCA EMR being given equal billing on this initiative with WHO EMRO, UNICEF and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (which is funding this initiative).

August, 2019

The 88th European General Practice Research Network (EGPRN) meeting was held in Tampere, Finland from 9-12 May 2019. The topic of the meeting was "Research on Multimorbidity in Primary Care".

August, 2019

You are invited to submit abstracts and proposals for oral and poster presentations and for workshops that are in keeping with the themes of this, the WONCA Asia Pacific Regional Conference 2020, which is coming to Auckland, New Zealand in April 2020.