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      WONCA is an unusual, yet convenient acronym comprising the first five initials of the World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians.

      WONCA's short name is World Organization of Family Doctors.

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Editor's pick: Garth Manning as CEO

December 2020 Feature Stories

December, 2020





At the end of this month, Dr Garth Manning retires as WONCA CEO.
This collection of photos looks back on his term as CEO 2012-2020.






Garth's first Executive team pictured here in prague, 2013, at the end of their term of office. Garth's second executive team who served from 2013-2016, pictured here in London in 2014. Garth's third executive team who served from 2016-2018, pictured here in Bangkok in 2017. Garth's fourth and final executive team who will serve 2018 -2021, pictured here in Bangkok in 2017. Garth visited colleagues in Peru in September 2017 Garth, Amanda Howe and Michael Kidd with Nagwa Nashat ((lower right), then chair of the Al Razi movement and other Al Razi leaders in May 2016 Garth acknowledged as a VIP by colleagues from Pakistan, in Kuching, Malaysia, in 2014 Also in Kuching in 2014, Garth meets up with his predecessor Alfred Loh Garth and, then South Asia region president, Pratap Prasad visit the Maldives in October 2016 Garth and Amanda Howe, with then South Asia region president Kanu Bala, in November 2017 Garth visted colleagues in Oman, more recently, in January 2019 Seen at the WONCA rural conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia in 2015 with current president-elect, Anna Stavdal. Seen at the conference in Kuching, Malaysia in May 2015, with then Rajakumar chair, Shin Yoshida. Seen back in September 2017 with current Iberoamericana President and CEO, Jaqueline Ponzo and Thomas Meoño Martin Seen in Istanbul in 2015, with Val Wass (left) and Allyn Walsh (right), current and former chair of WP education respectively Attending the World Health Assembly with Michael Kidd and Ruth Wilson in June 2015 Dropping in on the WP on the Environment meeting in South Korea, in October 2018 Visiting his home College, the RCGP, in January 2014 - meeting Mike Pringle and Maureen Baker (RCGP President and Chair respectively). Helping Amanda Howe draw a prize winner in Prague 2013, watched by Nongluck Suwisith, WONCA Manager Farewell Garth
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