WONCA News

May, 2018

Guillaume Charbonneau, MD, President of the College of Family Physicians of Canada writes a message to his colleagues in Canada - Let’s celebrate World Family Doctor Day / Fêtons la Journée mondiale des médecins de famille

May, 2018

I am writing this from an intense energetic conference in Nigeria, hosted by one of our member organisations - the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria (AGPMPN). This is my first visit to West Africa during my Presidency, having managed countries in North, South and East Africa already. The other equally intense and impressive overseas experience was the IberoAmericana Cumbre and conference in Colombia.

May, 2018

Estoy escribiendo este artículo desde un intenso y enérgico Congreso en Nigeria, organizado por parte de una de nuestras organizaciones miembro – la Asociación de Médicos Generalistas Públicos y Privados de Nigeria. Esta es la primera vez que visito el oeste de África.

May, 2018

Cuando asistí al Congreso Iberoamericano de la WONCA en Colombia en marzo, también presencié una idea muy novedosa: Diferentes países de la región están colaborando en programas de trabajo y explicando su actividad en el Congreso regional.

May, 2018

Goodfellow Gems​ are chosen by the Goodfellow director Dr Bruce Arroll to be either practice changing or practice maintaining. The information is educational and not clinical advice. ©The Goodfellow Unit. PEARLS -Practical Evidence About Real Life Situations are brief (minimalistic summaries) of Cochrane Primary care systematic reviews with the answer in the title

April, 2018

This month we reproduce a blog entry from RuralGP.com written by Dr Steve McCabe who works at the Portree Medical Practice on the Isle of Skye and giving his perspective on rural healthcare… "I work as part of a group practice in Portree, the largest settlement on Scotland’s second largest island, Skye. Skye is widely regarded as one of the most beautiful islands in the world."

April, 2018

A CPD programme was organized by the Spice Route Movement (Movement for Young Doctors) of Sri Lanka on February 17, 2018. The evening was attended by a large gathering of enthusiastic general practitioners, both young and young at heart, who were intrigued by the topics.

April, 2018

J’écris depuis la conférence du Nigeria, conférence intense et énergique présentée par l’une de nos organisations membres - Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria (AGPMPN). Ceci est ma première visite en Afrique occidentale au cours de mon mandat.

April, 2018

The young doctors and medical students of the WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice 'Rural Seeds" have worked together with young members of the Working Party on the Environment to make an innovative movie "Planetary Health? What is this?"

April, 2018

When I attended the WONCA Iberoamerica region conference in Colombia in March, I also saw a new idea – different countries in the region all working together on programmes of work, and reporting their work in to the regional conference. This was used to inform delegates, but also to help the leaders in the Executive and the national country leaders in making their policies – useful for discussing issues with stakeholders.