From the CEO’s Desk

March, 2016

What is your Member Organization planning will this year's World Family Doctor Day? This year we’d especially like to highlight smoking cessation. Read more here.

February, 2016

WONCA CEO, Dr Garth Manning reflects on the recent WONCA South Asia region conference and looks forward to the next WONCA conference in Dubai, in March, and to World Family Doctor Day, on May 19.

January, 2016

The WONCA CEO informs about deadlines and criteria for WONCA awards for 2016, and the year's conference calendar including preparations for Rio in November.

December, 2015

This month the WONCA CEO reflects on two WHO meetings that he has been to recently (on cardiovascular disease and ageing & health respectively) as well as next year's WONCA conferences. Finally, at the end of the year, seasons greetings are extended to all colleagues

November, 2015

This month I want to report back to everyone on the recent WONCA Executive meeting held in Istanbul on 18th and 19th October, just prior to the WONCA Europe conference.

September, 2015

WONCA truly is a global organization, representing over 500,000 members in more than 140 countries and territories in all continents. This month's report is on representation on the global stage.

August, 2015

The CEO is on vacation but has found time to give us some timely reminders on next year's conferences including announcing two new speakers for the world conference in Rio.

July, 2015

The CEO discusses advance planning for the 2016 WONCA World conference and committee meetings in Rio, and notes we still have WONCA Europe in Istanbul to come this year.

June, 2015

I started the month in Seoul, South Korea, attending the international conference of ICOH and I also met with some of the Host Organizing Committee for the 2018 WONCA World Conference.

May, 2015

The CEO reports on WONCA conferences in Dubai and Ghana; the World Health Assembly; and the success of World Family Doctor Day. He also bids a sad farewell to Janko Kersnik and David Game.