International Issues

WONCA - WHO Liaison


The WONCA Executive Board appoints one of its members to be the Liaison Person to the World Health Organization (WHO). At the World WONCA Conference in Rio 2016, Dr Viviana Martinez-Bianchi  USA / Argentina (pictured) took over this role. Through these WHO - WONCA Liaison webpages WONCA members can be kept informed of WHO activity as links to WHO news items, publications and updates on WONCA's work with the WHO are posted.

WHO - WONCA Liaison 

The Barbara Starfield Collection

The 'Case for Primary Care'

"Barbara was a tireless advocate for family medicine and primary care. She reminded us of why we chose to become family doctors – to help people, improve health, and make the world a better and fairer place. She saw family doctors as the best hope for health care."  Richard Roberts 2011

Professor Barbara Starfield championed the value and need of strong primary health care systems worldwide. This collection emphasizes the case for primary care and includes a number of Barbara Starfield's own articles as well as other key related material.

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WONCA Guidebook

The Contribution of Family Medicine to Improving Health Systems: A guidebook from the World Organization of Family Doctors

English        espanol

WHO Publications

Key WHO publications (English)

OMS publicaciones (español)

OMS publications (français)

(مطبوعات (عربي

The World Health Report 2013

World Health Statistics

International Classification of Diseases

International Health Regulations

WHO drug information 2016

WHO News feeds

WHO Emergencies and disasters news

Latest news and updates on public health emergencies and disasters 

WHO Disease Outbreaks

Latest news on outbreaks of disease across the world

WHO news

Latest news releases, notes for the media, statements, media briefings and announcements

WHO Director-General speeches

Latest speeches of Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General 

WHO Maternal, newborn and child health

Latest news on maternal, newborn and child health

International Travel Alerts

The Travel Doctor - TMVC disease alerts

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US) including travel alert page

The Network TUFH

The Network: Towards Unity For Health

The Network: TUFH newsletters

Women and Heath Case Studies (The Network: TUFH) - Eng esp

International Health Links

AAFP - (American Academy of Family Physicians) International

RCGP (Royal College of General Practitioners) International

GARD - WHO Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases

Health Alliance International

IAPO - International Alliance of Patients' Organizations

GHETS - Global Health through Education Training and Service

PMNCH - Partnership for maternal newborn and child health

Strengthening Health Systems - Global Health Systems Impact Assessments

NCD Resources

World Medical Association Statement on the Global Burden of Chronic Disease

WONCA NCD POLICY 2011

WHO Global staus report on NCD

Tackling the NCDs English

Confrontando las ENT (Español)

WONCA - WHO Memorandum of Understanding, January 2019

WONCA position statements

WONCA statements on a variety of issues

The case for primary care

Evidence on the value of primary health care

WHO Disease Outbreak News

Wild poliovirus type 1 – Islamic Republic of Iran Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo Dengue fever – Réunion, France Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

WHO Emergencies and Disasters

1.4 million vaccines from global stockpile support yellow fever control in Nigeria WHO supports the immunization of 874 000 people against yellow fever in Nigeria WHO provides 1.2 million antibiotics to fight plague in Madagascar