From the CEO’s Desk

October, 2013

This month I want to highlight WONCA’s Young Doctor movements and the fantastic work they are doing. These are the next generation of leaders of family medicine and of WONCA, and it is wonderful to see so much energy and enthusiasm – reassuring that the future of family medicine is safe in their hands.

September, 2013

At its June 2013 meeting in Prague, WONCA Council agreed to the proposal to introduce Life Individual Direct Membership.

August, 2013

Dr Garth Manning looks forward to future WONCA conferences and provides more information on Direct membership and the Montegut Scholarship programme.

July, 2013

Wasn’t Prague fantastic? A great conference in a great centre, really well organised and brilliantly delivered.

June, 2013

It’s been a busy month, and June will be even more frantic. I wish you all safe travels and look forward very much to meeting up with many of you in Prague.

April, 2013

April saw me in South Asia, and a visit to Delhi to take part in the National Conference on Family Medicine and Primary Care, organised by the Academy of Family Physicians of India (AFPI).

March, 2013

The conference venue is excellent, the keynote speakers are of the highest quality, the scientific programme is stimulating and Prague is juts a wonderful place to visit, especially in June, so we anticipate possibly the best WONCA World conference ever.

February, 2013

Family medicine is well established in many countries but others struggle to get acceptance and recognition of our specialism, and one of WONCA’s key roles is to highlight and promote the discipline wherever and whenever we can. One of our initiatives was to establish a “World Family Doctors' Day”.

January, 2013

Bangkok in January – bright blue skies, daytime temperatures in the low to mid 30s, evening temperatures a very pleasant low 20s….. but it’s a great time to be in Thailand and I’m sure it’s mere coincidence, that our President, Rich Roberts, and President-elect, Michael Kidd, will arrive here in early February for the next Core Executive meeting!

January, 2013

The next six months will be especially busy, leading up to the World Council in June. As this will be the current Secretariat’s first World Council we are only too aware of how much work has to be done ...