WONCA News

February, 2016

Professor Amanda Howe, our new President–Elect, said in her speech at the WONCA Council in 2013 that she would “help with policy messages". These are her policy bites from 2015.

January, 2016

WONCA awards are available to assist doctors in attending the world conference in Rio de Janeiro. The awards include the Montagut scholarships, the WONCA foundation award and the Taiwan Family Medicine research award. Find out more about these awards and how to apply.

January, 2016

2016 sees a another WONCA world conference, this time coming to Rio, in November. There are also several regional events and events for young doctors so why not join us at a WONCA conference this year?

January, 2016

The WONCA CEO informs about deadlines and criteria for WONCA awards for 2016, and the year's conference calendar including preparations for Rio in November.

January, 2016

Todos los gobiernos tienen que decidir cómo satisfacer las necesidades de su gente, y la mayoría de elecciones políticas se basan en diferentes creencias de cómo lograr hacerlo. Las cuestiones fundamentales acerca de cómo financiar las inversiones de la asistencia sanitaria y los otros sectores públicos necesitan estar dotadas de una forma de pensamiento clara y de una revisión recurrente de las decisiones que se toman.

January, 2016

El Doctor Tran Trong Thong es un médico de familia en la región rural de Soc Sun en Vietnam, al norte de la capital, Hanoi. El Centro de Salud Comuna Soc Sun, donde trabaja el Doctor Tran, ofrece ambos servicios de atención curativa y preventiva a una comunidad rural dispersa de 20.000 personas. El Doctor Tran lidera un equipo de Atención Primaria de la salud, que incluye enfermeras, comadronas, asistentes médicos y un farmacéutico...

January, 2016

Dr Tran Trong est médecin de famille au Vietnam dans la zone rurale de Soc Sun, située au nord de la capitale Hanoï. Le centre médical communautaire de Soc Sun où travaille Dr Tran assure des services de soins curatifs et préventifs à une communauté rurale dispersée de 20.000 personnes. Dr Tran dirige une équipe de soins de santé primaires, qui compte des infirmières, des sages-femmes, des médecins auxiliaires et un pharmacien...

January, 2016

Call for contributions! – short survey with a short deadline (15 February)! You can help WHO to better understand people’s needs and values about UHC. Your contribution, by completing this short survey of four questions, will offer new insights into how health systems can be more responsive, accessible and of high-quality in your context.

January, 2016

Dr Tran Trong Thong is a family doctor in the rural region of Soc Sun in Vietnam, north of the capital city of Hanoi. The Soc Sun Commune Health Station, where Dr Tran works, provides both curative and preventive care services to a dispersed rural community of 20,000 people. Dr Tran leads a primary health care team, which includes nurses, midwives, assistant doctors and a pharmacist..

January, 2016

John Wynn-Jones write: On behalf of the WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice (WWPRP), I wish you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year. We are coming to the end of our latest triennium and it’s a good time to reflect on what we have achieved and what we need to do in the next three years.