WONCA and WHO News

February, 2014

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Executive Board meeting which takes place every January and World Health Assembly in May in Geneva stand out as crucial events during the course of the year to mark the agenda for future WHO activities and bring together representatives from the 194 member states’ ministries of health as well as other stakeholders. WONCA as a non-governmental organisation in official relations with the WHO is invited to participate.

January, 2014

At the recent WHO executive board (EB) meeting in Geneva, WONCA was represented by President Michael Kidd, President Elect, Amanda Howe, and WONCA -WHO Liaison, Lusia Pettigrew. They added WONCA's name to a statement being made to the WHO EB - on family violence.

December, 2013

World Health Organization officially launched the MiNDbank online platform on the 10th December, Human Rights Day 2013. WHO MiNDbank is a product of the QualityRights Project, WHO’s flagship campaign to improve care and end human rights violations against people with mental and psychosocial disabilities.

December, 2013

Brazil is a global leader in addressing universal health coverage through family medicine teams. In November, in one of the favelas (“shanty towns”) of Rio de Janeiro, I had the opportunity to meet with family doctor Euclides Colaço and his colleagues.

November, 2013

WONCA EMR Executive Members received a formal invitation to attend the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean 60th Session.

October, 2013

World Mental Health Day took place on 10th October. Three days prior to this during the annual Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) Forum which brings together the WHO Secretariat, member states and international partners, the WHO launched its Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020.

October, 2013

Report of the Sixty Sixth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South Asia Region

September, 2013

Health 2020 is a policy framework aimed at providing European politicians and policy-makers key strategic advice to support action for improving health, well-being and health equity, in a way that is sensitive to each country’s situation, political and organisational circumstances.

September, 2013

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) want to hear about your experiences providing primary care health services.

September, 2013

The new PAHO/WHO report, Innovative care for chronic conditions: Organizing and delivering high quality care for chronic noncommunicable diseases in the Americas, proposes an integrated Chronic Care Model for addressing NCDs in the context of primary health care