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: 65 224 2886
Fax: 65 222 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

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
Email: marcrivo@aol.com

Contents - February 2002

FROM WONCA

Presidents Column: Dr. Charles Boelen and the WHO
From the CEO's Desk: Opening the Singapore Secretariat
From the Editor --- On the web at www.GlobalFamilyDoctor.com

FEATURE STORIES

Durban Participants Explore Wonca's Role in Family Medicine Research
Registration Now Open for the 5th WONCA World Rural Health Conference
A busy year for WHO-WONCA collaboration
Proposal for Special Interest Group in Psychiatry and Neurology
A Tribute to Oxford University Press

WONCA REGIONAL NEWS

Join us in Kuala Lumpur for the 12th Asia Pacific Regional Conference
Come to London for Europe's Regional Conference and the Jubilee
Visit Sri Lanka for the MESAR Regional Conference
Meet Professor Warren Heffron, Vice President of the Americas Region
Meet Professor Goh Le Gan, Vice President of the Asia-Pacific Region

HEALTH AND HEALTH SYSTEM NEWS

Norwegian GPs protest withdrawal of cheap antihypertensives
Interesting times in the United Kingdom

MEMBER AND ORGANIZATIONAL NEWS

South African First: Three women family doctors awarded top academic posts
Malta's University Department of Family Medicine Opens
Rural Practice Travels and Developments
The South African Academy Issues Statement on HIV/AIDS
American Academy of Family Physicians Honors Wonca Leaders

RESOURCES FOR THE FAMILY DOCTOR

Asia Pacific Family Medicine Journal to be Launched
Web Resources for the Global action Against Tobacco
The 'Green Journal" Renamed 'Education for Primary Care'
WHO- Wonca Collaborative Brochure

GLOBAL MEETINGS FOR THE FAMILY DOCTOR

Wonca World and Regional Conference Calendar
Member Organization And Related Meetings