WONCA News

July, 2018

We all need to thank each other this month – which is the start of a new financial and academic year for some, a well-earned holiday period for others, and a really really busy time for the WONCA leadership and Secretariat as we run towards the Seoul conference and the WHO meeting in Astana.

July, 2018

Todos y todas debemos darnos las gracias mutuamente este mes de agosto, el mes en el que comienza un nuevo año fiscal y, para algunos y algunas, un nuevo año académico. Agosto también es el inicio de un periodo de vacaciones muy merecidas para otros colegas, y un verdadero (muy verdadero) comienzo de periodo ajetreado por parte de los directivos de WONCA y su secretariado mientras nos acercamos al Congreso de Seúl y al encuentro de la Organización Mundial de la Salud en Astana.

July, 2018

What a busy few weeks!! Since last I wrote I’ve been in Geneva, for World Health Assembly, then on to Krakow for the WONCA Europe conference and then to Warsaw for a meeting of the WONCA Executive. After that it was off to Toronto, to undertake a Program Accreditation visit at University of Toronto, before heading away for some much-needed leave time.

July, 2018

For the past two years I have held the position as WONCA Young Doctors’ representative on WONCA World Executive, an opportunity that has proven to be a very inspiring, fulfilling and rewarding experience. Thanks to the possibility of enabling WONCA World Executive working closely with the seven Young Doctors’ Movements (YDMs), we managed to develop new projects and to strengthen the YDMs foundations for future activities in the organisation.

July, 2018

Find out who the plenary speakers are for WONCA Seoul...

July, 2018

I hope all WONCA members reading this will know that in July there was a very short period when the final draft of the “Astana Declaration on Primary Health Care: From Alma-Ata towards Universal Health Coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals” allowed people to comment on this version. in this policy bite the president and Vivi Martinez-Bianchi consider making a global declaration – how to influence and advocate?

July, 2018

WHO EMRO Regional Director, His Excellency Dr Ahmad Almandari visited Jordan recently. During his short stay, a WONCA East Mediterranean region (EMR) delegation comprised of Dr Mohammed Tarawneh, WONCA EMR president; Dr Mohamed Rasoul Tarawneh, Jordanian Society of Family Medicine president; and Dr Oraib Alsmadi, WONCA EMR treasurer; (all from Jordan) were able to arrange a meeting

July, 2018

The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) and the ABFM Foundation are pleased to announce the establishment of the Center for Professionalism and Value in Health Care based in Washington, D.C. The Center will be led by Robert Phillips, MD MSPH, who has been named as its founding Executive Director.

July, 2018

News from WONCA's Young Doctors’ Movements (YDMs) - in this issue Africa, North America, Europe, South Asia, Latin America report on their recent activities.

July, 2018

During the 23rd WONCA Europe Conference held in Krakow in May 2018, the VdGM Family Violence Group presented a workshop in collaboration with the WONCA SIG on Family Violence, focusing on Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and its impact on exposed children.