Wonca News
An International Forum for Family Doctors


Wonca President

Dr Michael Boland
Irish College of General Practitioners
4/5 Lincoln Place
Dublin 2, Ireland
Tel: 353 1 676 3705
Fax: 353 1 676 5850
Email: bolandgp@indigo.ie

Wonca Chief Executive Officer
Dr Alfred W T Loh

Wonca Administrative Manager
Yvonne Chung
World Organization of Family Doctors
College of Medicine Building
16 College Road # 01-02
Singapore 169854
Tel: 65 6224 2886
Fax: 65 6222 0204
Email: admin@Wonca.com.sg

Wonca News Editor
Marc L Rivo, MD

Wonca President-elect
Prof Bruce Sparks, South Africa

Wonca Immediate Past President
Robert W Higgins, United States

Honorary Treasurer
Dr Geoffrey D Martin, Australia

Wonca Regional Vice-Presidents
Dr Abra T Fransch, Africa
Dr Warren A Heffron, Americas
Prof Goh Lee Gan, Asia Pacific
Dr Philip Evans, Europe
Prof Shatendra K Gupta, Middle East
South Asia
Dr Javier Dominguez, Iberoamericana-CIMF (Interim)

Wonca Executive Members at Large
Prof Chris van Weel, Netherlands
Dr Geoffrey D Martin, Australia
Dr med Ilse Hellemann, Austria

Chair, Bylaws and Regulations
Dr Dan Ostergaard, USA (co-opted)

Wonca News Editorial Office
Marc L Rivo, MD
4566 Prairie Avenue
Miami Beach Florida 33140 USA
Tel: 305 671 7327
Fax: 305 671 4770
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Previous editions of Wonca News

October 2001
December 2001
February 2002
April 2002

June 2002
August 2002
October 2002
December 2002

 

 

Contents - February 2003


FROM Wonca
From the Wonca President: Building New Regions
From the CEO's Desk: Rewriting Wonca's Bylaws and Regulations
From the Editor: Bienvenido a Region Iberoamericana-CIMF

FEATURE STORIES

Wonca Establishes New Iberoamerica-CIMF Region
Wonca: Finally the World!
Abstracts Welcome for the 6th WONCA World Rural Health Conference in Spain
Plan Now to Attend Wonca 2004 in Orlando

Wonca REGIONAL NEWS

Academic Family Medicine Grows in Latin America
Register Now for Wonca Europe 2003 in Scenic Slovenia
Visit Beijing for Wonca Asia-Pacific in 2003

HEALTH AND HEALTH SYSTEM NEWS

WHO Names Leading Causes of Preventable Death, Disease
Essential Medicines: 25 Years of Better Health

MEMBER AND ORGANIZATIONAL NEWS

Physicians With Heart Airlift to Uzbekistan
Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia Elects New Council
News from the College of Family Physicians of Canada
Professor Julio Ceitlin Honored for his Leadership

RESOURCES FOR THE FAMILY DOCTOR

International Medical Faculty Development Applications Solicited
Improving Health Systems Through Family Medicine: A Guidebook

Wonca CONFERENCES 2002 -2007 AT A GLANCE

GLOBAL MEETINGS FOR THE FAMILY DOCTOR

Wonca World and Regional Conference Calendar
Member Organization And Related Meetings