WONCA News

August, 2014

The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada has announced a new award named after Dr Charles Boelen - the International social accountability award. Applications close on October 31.

August, 2014

Over 25% of the world’s population lives in South Asia, many in dire poverty with limited or no access to health care... The national government of India, like the World Health Organization, has recognised that universal health care can only be achieved through strengthening of primary care, and the key to this is strong family medicine.

August, 2014

Más del 25% de la población del mundo vive en Asia meridional, muchos de ellos en extrema pobreza y sin acceso o con acceso muy limitado a los servicios de salud. El gobierno nacional de la Republica de la India, al igual que la Organización Mundial de la Salud (O.M.S.), ha reconocido que la atención sanitaria universal sólo puede lograrse a través del fortalecimiento de la atención primaria, y la clave de esto está en disponer de una medicina familiar fuerte.

August, 2014

Acabo de finalizar la elaboración de un artículo para que lo valore el Consejo de la organización de la que soy miembro (Royal College GPs, Reino Unido). Deseamos revisar lo que hacemos a través de los miembros de nuestra sociedad para mejorar la calidad del cuidado que prestamos a nuestros pacientes – no solamente la seguridad, ni la calidad de los chequeos, sino la mejora de la calidad... Hay que apuntar alto pero ser realista y persistente – como es conocido Gandhi “usted debe ser el cambio que quiere ver en el mundo”- los demás le seguirán.

August, 2014

This month Peter Sloane who is the newly elected chair of the Wonca Europe's movement for young doctors, the Vasco da Gama movement, writes about being a rural GP (and a young GP) in Ireland.

August, 2014

WONCA is pleased to have endorsed the "Mental Health for all, connecting people and sharing experience" conference coming to Lille, in France, in April next year. The chair of WONCA's Working Party on Mental Health, Luis Gálvez invited colleagues to attend.

August, 2014

The CEO reports on attending the recent South Asia conference and on progress for the 2015 Taiwan conference, and on Ramnik and Jyoti Parekh becoming the first husband/wife team to take out WONCA Life membership.

August, 2014

We (the RCGP) want to review what we do via our members for patient quality of care – not just safe care, not even just quality checks, but quality improvement. .... Aim high, but be realistic, and be persistent – as Gandhi is reputed to have said, “You must be the change you want to see in the world”– others will follow.

August, 2014

Prof Pratap Prasad provides a short report on the success of the recent South Asia conference held in Chennai, along with numerous photos.

August, 2014

A group of family doctors had the opportunity to participate, in a virtual dialogue on the training of specialists in Family Medicine under universal coverage “Diálogo Virtual sobre la formación de especialistas en Medicina Familiar en el marco de la Cobertura Universal de Salud”. This event was promoted by PAHO.