From the CEO's desk: 2019 Family Doctor Day and conferences
February, 2019
Greetings again from Bangkok. This month I want to highlight World Family Doctor Day, which will take place on 19th May, and also feature the start of the WONCA conference season. This year we’d especially like to highlight the role of family doctors in providing life- long care to their patients – “from cradle to grave”.
Del presidente : Construyendo nuestra influencia
February, 2019
Tras la reunión de la Ejecutiva de la OMS del pasado mes de enero, y la firma de nuestro marco de referencia basado en nuestro Memorándum de Entendimiento (MOU) con la Organización Mundial de la Salud, ahora mismo nos encontramos en el proceso de debatir y acordar con el resto de nuestros colegas de la OMS en qué podemos trabajar de forma conjunta, con el fin de profundizar más en la agenda de la Atención Primaria y la Medicina de Familia.
Adrián Castellote: "In Patagonia, the only thing running is the wind"
February, 2019
Adrián Castellote is semFYC’s representative in WONCA Europe’s Network, EURIPA – the organisation for doctors from rural and remote areas in Europe. He is now embarking on a working trip on a sailing expedition to Antarctica. Follow his footsteps live with semFYC with hasgtag # MFenAntártida This is the second installment about his journey.
World Rural Health conference in USA 2019 - call for abstracts
February, 2019
The USA’s National Rural Health Association (NRHA) and University of New Mexico (UNM) Health Sciences Center have partnered to bring the 16th WONCA World Rural Health conference to the United States for the first time in eight years. Save the date for October 12-15, 2019 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Call for posters and presentation proposals is open until March 29.
Five Questions on the ASPIRE Global Leaders Program
February, 2019
he ASPIRE Global Leader Program, an initiative led by the WONCA Young Doctors’ Movement (YDM), has been developed to augment the skills of medical students, residents, and junior GPs/FPs, and simultaneously increasing their involvement i
January 2019 report of WICC
February, 2019
WONCA International Classification Committee (WICC) chair, Prof Thomas Kühlein, writes the January 2019 report of WICC
Why you should join us at WONCA APR in Kyoto (latest news)
February, 2019
WONCA Asia Pacific region (APR) conference in Kyoto will provide the chance to observe Japanese medical clinics. An impressive list of speakers are assembled for our keynote and plenary sessions. Registration deadline for regular registration is March 11, 2019 (Japan Time).
SIG Family Violence consultancies
February, 2019
WONCA is pleased to work in partnership with the World Health Organisation to assist in implementing the WHO recommended guidelines on family violence. Drawing on a wealth of knowledge and experience, WONCA’s primary care experts from the Special Interest Group on Family Violence are available to provide a range of international consultancies.
Rural Round-up: the rise and rise of rural generalism
February, 2019
Nick Schubert and Tarun Sen Gupta (Australia), write: Rural Generalist Medicine (RGM) has been a feature of medicine in countries with large rural and/or remote areas for some time [10, 11], despite variations in rural generalist titles, nature of training programs and models of care.
WONCA EMR Beirut workshops announced.
February, 2019
Attend an excellent line up of workshops and enhance your experience at WONCA EMR 2019. These workshops have been carefully chosen to cover topics such as Universal Health Care, Primary Health Care, Health Policies, Refugee Health Care, Mental Health, Smoking Cessation and other hot topics.