WONCA News

January, 2016

All governments have to decide how to meet the needs of their peoples, and most political elections are based on different beliefs as to how this can best be done. Fundamental issues about how to finance investment for health care and other public sectors require clear thinking and recurrent review of decisions made.

January, 2016

WONCA Europe comes to Copenhagen - June 15-18, 2016 - Please note that the deadline for abstract submission has been extended until 5 February 2016

January, 2016

The European Association of Communication in Healthcare (EACH) is delighted to have become an Organization in Collaborative Relations with WONCA.

January, 2016

Hello again, from the WONCA Special Interest Group (SIG) on Health Equity. The health equity group is still bustling with activity writes convenor William Wong.

December, 2015

Uno de los aspectos más desgarradores de las fotos de los refugiados es el hecho de ver a niños pequeños arrastrándose a través de los desiertos, empujados a los botes o a través de las líneas de control policial. Cualquier familia puede ser víctima de una tragedia, pero los niños de las familias más humildes siempre tienen un mayor número de factores en contra.

December, 2015

This month the WONCA CEO reflects on two WHO meetings that he has been to recently (on cardiovascular disease and ageing & health respectively) as well as next year's WONCA conferences. Finally, at the end of the year, seasons greetings are extended to all colleagues

December, 2015

A one-day workshop on Research in Primary Health Care was organised by a joint collaboration between the European General Practice Research Network and the Vasco da Gama Movement during the VdGM preconference in Istanbul

December, 2015

The WONCA South Asia Region conference organisers are planning an exciting conference in Colombo from 12 to 14 February, 2016.

December, 2015

La Sociedad Española de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria (semFYC) participó en la Asamblea y en el Congreso anuales celebrado en Estambul de WONCA Europa como miembro de las 45 organizaciones representadas por WONCA en toda Europa.

December, 2015

At the recent conference of AFPI (Academy of Family Physicians of India) Ramnik and Jyoti were awarded the first AFPI Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of their enormous contribution to family medicine development in the South Asia Region