From the CEO’s Desk

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.

May, 2015

The WONCA CEO reports from the Africa region conference in Accra on recent travels to Dubrovnik and Dubai. He also reminds us that Family Doctor Day comes on May 19 and how to help our colleagues in Nepal.

March, 2015

We really are blessed in WONCA. In each of our seven regions we now have a Young Doctors’ Movement (YDM), helping to support and encourage and develop the next generation of family doctors and WONCA leaders. At two recent conferences – WONCA South Asia in Dhaka and WONCA Asia Pacific in Taipei – I’ve been privileged to take part in sessions run by the regional YDMs.

February, 2015

In this month’s WONCA News I want to report back on the Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) which is held each year in Bangkok. I also want to highlight World Family Doctor Day which, as ever, will be celebrated on 19th May.

February, 2015

WONCA CEO Garth Manning outlines the outcomes from the recent WONCA Executive meeting, including the Gramado Statement, two new Special Interest Groups, by-laws issues, and new Members.

November, 2014

The CEO has been in Rio checking on preparations for the world conference and council meeting being held in 2016. Dates for various associated meetings have been announced and he is clearly excited: "Rio really is a fantastic city, with many beaches right in the heart of the city. The conference itself is planned for Rio Centro, an excellent congress centre on a really lovely campus, close to what will become the Olympic village for the 2016 Olympics."

October, 2014

WONCA's voting members are its Member Organziations (MOs) this month the CEO informs of a survey of the MOs and an annual report coming out soon.

October, 2014

Hello again from Bangkok. This month I want to concentrate on WONCA awards, WONCA conferences and WONCA resources. Two sets of awards are currently available for WONCA members. The Montegut Scholarship awards provide support for one doctor from each of the seven WONCA regions to attend their regional conference annually. The Taiwan Family Medicine Research awards are available to three young researchers, to present their research at the Asia Pacific conference in Taipei next March.

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

The CEO reports on WONCA's latest activities including WONCA Lisbon and the recent Executive meeting where accreditation, membership and the FM360 exchange were discussed.