International PHC and COVID-19 Study
June, 2020
This multinational survey aimed to understand characteristics and strategies employed by different countries to deal with COVID-19 from a PHC perspective to determine: factors most associated with national mortality rates during the pandemic period to date, and lessons to better address both current and future pandemics
Statement of support for WHO
June, 2020
WONCA has released the following statement (endorsed by WONCA Executive) outlining its support for WHO in the current coronavirus pandemic.
Online Book: Family Practice in the EMR
June, 2020
The WONCA and WHO joint book on family practice is available now on the following WHO website and the Arabic version will be published in late August: Family Practice in the Eastern Mediterranean Region- Universal Health Coverage and Quality Primary Care.
semFYC videos on COVID-19 and Mental Health
June, 2020
After its success in Spain, the Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine (semFYC) has translated a series of videos that analyse the main features of COVID19 pandemic and its effects on global Mental Health.
Education for Primary Care feature free access article
June, 2020
Prof Val Wass, Chair WONCA Working Party on Education writes on the latest open access item in Education for Primary Care: from Felicity Goodyear-Smith "Provision of e-learning programmes to replace undergraduate medical students’ clinical general practice attachments during COVID-19 stand-down"
From the President: June 2020
June, 2020
The WONCA Executive usually meets face to face twice a year, with monthly teleconferences in between each meeting. While the virtual meetings are useful to process normal business, we rely on the face to face meetings to discuss bigger, broader, issues of more complexity. Especially when some of those on Executive sit for only one two-year term, the face to face meetings are crucial to build understanding of the organization and of each other’s regions.
Du Président : Juin 2020
June, 2020
L'exécutif de WONCA se réunit généralement en face à face deux fois par an, avec des téléconférences mensuelles entre chaque réunion. Si les réunions virtuelles sont utiles pour traiter les affaires courantes, nous comptons sur les réunions en face à face pour discuter de questions plus importantes, plus vastes et plus complexes.
Besrour Centre Global COVID-19 Pandemic Response & Impact Grant
June, 2020
The Besrour Centre for Global Family Medicine (Besrour Centre) at the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) , thanks to the generous support of the CFPC’s Foundation for the Advancement of Family Medicine (FAFM), is seeking proposals for a Global COVID-19 pandemic innovation response for grants up to $50,000 Canadian dollars (CAD). More information in English (et en Français).