WONCA and WHO News

August, 2014

The WHO Emergency committee met this month and it was the unanimous view of the committee that the conditions for a Public Health Emergency of International Concern have been met. While WHO meet about Ebola, WONCA identity Atai Omorutu works in Liberia with victims, and the WHO and Harrison's textbook offer free resources of interest to GPs/FPs.

July, 2014

At the Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly (WHA) in May 2014, a resolution was passed which called for the World Health Organization (WHO) to lead the development of a global action plan to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

July, 2014

Dr Donald Li, WONCA Executive member-at-large, was invited by World Health Organization and World Bank to participate in a meeting to discuss about China's Healthcare reform.

July, 2014

As family doctors we are also innovative thinkers, and, like Prince Henry, we have the ability to change the world through our work and our influence. Over the past month I have had the opportunity to visit family doctors in Portugal and also in Ireland ...

July, 2014

The 67th World Health Assembly took place in the Palais des Nations, Geneva the week beginning 19th May 2014, fittingly also World Family Doctor Day! Over the course of the 19th and 20th May WONCA's delegation participated in over a dozen meetings with WHO staff and other non-governmental organisation

May, 2014

What must we do to improve and maintain the health of the world’s one billion adolescents? Health for the world’s adolescents World Health Organization (WHO) report was launched on 14th May.

May, 2014

Prof Faisal Al Nasir of Bahrain recently attended the WHO East Mediterranean region consultation meeting on Workers’ Health on behalf of the WONCA.

April, 2014

World Health day is coming up on April 7. The theme is 'small bite : big threat' This is also the first day of World Health Worker week.

March, 2014

WONCA East Mediterranean Region had an important meeting with WHO EMRO in January 2014,

February, 2014

The mhGAP Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG), developed based on WHO recommendations, contains clinical protocols for management of priority conditions by non-specialist health care providers.