WONCA News

June, 2016

WONCA was represented at the 69th World Health Assembly by Michael Kidd, Amanda Howe, Garth Manning and Luisa Pettigrew. During the WHA this year new resolutions were adopted on a host of topics from the Sustainable Development Goals to Mycetoma. Margaret Chan, Director General, during her speech highlighted approval of the new programme for health emergencies. She welcomed the 2030 agenda for sustainable development and member states’ commitment to universal health coverage. The Zika outbreak featured frequently in discussions.

June, 2016

El mes pasado visité a los colegas médicos de familia en Indonesia y en Japón y compartieron conmigo su percepción acerca de los retos para el desarrollo de la Medicina de Familia en cada país.

June, 2016

Le mois dernier, j'ai rendu visite à des collègues de médecine familiale au Japon et en Indonésie, ce qui m'a permis de me faire une idée des défis confrontant le développement de la médecine familiale dans ces deux pays.

June, 2016

During the past months, the International Federation of Medical Student’s Associations (IFMSA) and WONCA’s Family Medicine 360º (FM360º) program have been collaborating in order to review the learning outcomes and create a checklist for the IFMSA Student’s Handbook for Professional Exchanges in Primary Care.

June, 2016

Greetings from the WONCA Special Interest Group (SIG) on Health Equity. For this edition, we take a glance at GPs at the Deep End, which has and continues to strive for health equity in the most deprived areas of Scotland. In Global Focus, we take a look at studies from Guatemala, Sweden to India.

June, 2016

Combating Stigma is a web-based course created by a partnership of organizations. it is available online free of charge.

June, 2016

Presented as a joint workshop from VdGM-EURIPA at WONCA Europe 2016 conference in Copenhagen this month - the aim was to get doctors thinking about ways in which they could influence policy changes to improve care for their patients and their own working conditions.

June, 2016

Noticias semFYC Magazine has published a short video about the European Project KRISTINA in which the main responsible of the project’s objectives and achievements have been interviewed.

June, 2016

The legacy of the WONCA Europe 2016 conference is a result of collaboration between the Host Organizing Committee, WONCA Europe Council and WONCA Europe Executive board. European Family Doctors call for Joint Action with Heads and Hearts!

June, 2016

Dr Jo Scott-Jones of New Zealand and Dr Kate Dawson of Scotland (NHS) write about telehealth - Following the lead of the USA and Australia three years ago we developed a Rural Health Alliance in New Zealand, bringing together 40 different organisations that have an interest in the health and wellbeing of rural communities.