WONCA and WHO News
World Patient Safety Day (WPSD) 17 September 2020
August, 2020
World Patient Safety Day (WPSD) 2020 will be observed across the world on 17 September. WHO will be launching a global campaign for World Patient Safety Day 2020 to emphasize the importance of health worker safety as a priority for patient safety.
WONCA-WHO Liaison Annual report
August, 2020
The following is a short version of this report to be published in the 2020 WONCA Annual report. WHO liaison person, Viviana Martinez-Bianchi writes:
Statement of support for WHO
June, 2020
WONCA has released the following statement (endorsed by WONCA Executive) outlining its support for WHO in the current coronavirus pandemic.
Report of the World Health Assembly, May 2020
May, 2020
WONCA-WHO Liaison person, Dr Viviana Martinez-Bianchi reports: the 73rd World Health Assembly (WHA73) was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic on May 18 and 19, 2020, with a reduced agenda dedicated only to the Pandemic response.
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.
WONCA Africa and WHO AFRO hold successful meeting
October, 2019
A two-day consultative meeting was held at the WHO AFRO offices in Congo Brazaville on the 13-14 August 2019. This meeting came as a result of the active participation of Dr Prosper Tumussime at the WONCA Africa conference in June 2019, in Kampala, Uganda. The need for WONCA Africa and WHO AFRO to work together to strengthen health systems in African countries became apparent.
The UN High Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage
October, 2019
Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, WONCA Executive Member-at Large and WHO Liaison person was the WONCA Delegate to the UN High Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage. September 23, 2019. Now we have a political declaration signed by all member countries of the UN. WONCA invites member organisations to review the declaration
PHC Measurement and Improvement Initiative of the WHO EMRO
August, 2019
The first consultation meeting of the Primary Health Care Measurement and Improvement Initiative of the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region was held in Cairo WHO EMRO regional office. It was great to see WONCA EMR being given equal billing on this initiative with WHO EMRO, UNICEF and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (which is funding this initiative).