WONCA News

January, 2019

Gems added this month; Goodfellow Gems are chosen by the Goodfellow Unit director Dr Bruce Arroll to be either practice changing or practice maintaining. The information is educational and not clinical advice. ©The Goodfellow Unit (New Zealand). With permission, WONCA adds links to a number of these to our website.

January, 2019

WONCA President, Donald Li, and Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of WHO sign a Memorandum of Understanding on behalf of both organisations, reflecting the crucial role played by family medicine in achieving the goal of Universal Health Coverage. The MOU offers all our members and Member Organisations an official entry point to build even closer collaboration with WHO colleagues globally.

January, 2019

This month I thought it would be timely to write on WONCA and its ever-closer relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO). The big news, of course, is the MOU which has just been signed between WONCA and WHO – featured elsewhere in this newsletter.

January, 2019

WONCA is a big family: fellow members from different places of the world celebrate their New Year’s Day at different times. As a home-grown Chinese from Hong Kong, Lunar New Year (or Chinese New Year) is always my favourite festival.

January, 2019

A/Prof Victoria Tkachenko, from Kiev, in Ukraine, writes on the new wave of reformation in primary health in her country. The implementation of family medicine in Ukraine started in 1986-1987. Many positive interventions have been introduced since then, but the results have been insufficient.

January, 2019

WONCA est une grande famille: nos confrères et consœurs de différents endroits du monde fêtent le Jour de l’An à des dates différentes. En tant qu’autochtone de Hong Kong, mon festival préféré est celui de la nouvelle année lunaire (ou Nouvel An chinois).

January, 2019

在WONCA这大家庭，来自世界各地的成员每年于不同的日子庆祝新年。像其他在香港土生土长的中国人，农历新年（中国新年）一直是我至爱的节日。 元旦通常是在每年的一月底或二月初，那天我们都抛开繁琐的工作、业务及应酬，与家人好友共渡佳节。我们纷纷待在家享受一个接一个的聚会、品尝必备的传统美食。农历新年给我的印象总是渗满了萝卜禚的香气及姜汤糯米丸子的味道。

January, 2019

La WONCA es una gran familia: miembros y amigos de todos los sitios del mundo celebran su Fin de Año en momentos muy distintos. Dado que yo he crecido dentro de la cultura china de Hong-Kong, para mi, el Año Nuevo Lunar (popularmente conocido como el Año Nuevo Chino) siempre ha sido mi festividad favorita.

January, 2019

Dr Peter Makara is Host Organizing Committee Chair for the WONCA Europe conference coming to the Slovak Republic in June 2019. He is President of the Slovak Society of General Practice. Here he is interviewed about the situation in his country.

January, 2019

The sixth regional WONCA East Mediterranean region conference will be held from March 21- 23, 2019 in the Phoenicia Hotel, Beirut Lebanon. It will be hosted by the Lebanese Society of Family Medicine.