From the President
主席通讯 2020年4月
March, 2020
随着COVID - 19 的威胁继续蔓延全球，影响了各地人民的生活，没有人可以预知世界将会变成什么的模样。我执笔之时正思考着 : 我们故有的工作模式是否需永远改变 ? 科学家和公共卫生专家往往只能靠当前最新的证据，更新疾病的资料，未能就新疾病的轨迹作百分百精准的预测。我们的工作方式越来越依赖利用全球数据所进行的实时分析。
Education for Primary Care open access items
March, 2020
Prof Val Wass, Chair WONCA Working Party on Education writes on the latest open access items in Education for Primary Care. We are pleased to announce that the March issue 31:2 is now on line. This issue shares global experience of primary care very much linked with WONCA. It emphasises how we learn from each other.
Professor Michael Boland - RIP March 25, 2020
March, 2020
It with great sadness that we announce the death of one of my predecessors as WONCA President, Professor Michael Boland of Ireland. Michael was a true visionary, and an inspirational leader in family medicine, as witnessed by the many tributes already paid to him. Professor Michael Kidd, also a former WONCA President, pays formal tribute to Michael Boland.
WHO resources on COVID-19
March, 2020
WHO has developed numerous resources on COVID-19. An indicative list follows: research database; technical documents and a training course.
17th World Rural health conference to go ahead - virtually
March, 2020
Rural WONCA executive has met and decided that the conference must go on – but virtually. After much consideration, the Executive have decided that with COVID-19 spreading rapidly, it is not sensible or prudent to have a physical gathering of rural doctors in Dhaka. Doctors are needed by their rural communities now more than ever.
WONCA New Zealand 2020 conference postponed
March, 2020
It is with regret that the Board of The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners has today announced the postponement of WONCA NZ 2020 based on the uncertainty around COVID-19 (Coronavirus).
Education for Primary Care News
February, 2020
Prof Val Wass, Chair WONCA Working Party on Education writes:
We have quite a lot on offer in Education for Primary Care.