WONCA and WHO News

February, 2023

In December 2021, at a special session of the World Health Assembly (WHASS), the WHO’s Member States decided to establish an Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) to draft and negotiate a convention, agreement, or other international instrument under the Constitution of the WHO to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response (referred to as the WHO CA+).

February, 2023

The statement will be presented at the United Nations General Assembly's high-level meeting on universal health coverage, emphasizing the role of primary health care in achieving equitable access to quality health services for all.

February, 2023

Professor Christopher Dowrick, a former chair of the WONCA Working Party on Mental Health, represented WONCA at the World Health Organization's conference on pre-service education for mental health in Geneva, Switzerland on December 15th and 16th.

January, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on human lives, economies, and societies. To avoid a repeat of the past, the international community should collaborate to be much better prepared and aligned in responding to possible future pandemic threats

September, 2022

Globally, half of all preventable harm in medical care is medication related, a quarter of which is severe or life-threatening.

June, 2022

The Seventy-fifth World Health Assembly, held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 22-28 May 2022, was the first in-person Health Assembly since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

May, 2022

This constituency statement is delivered by the World Heart Federation on behalf of the Framework Convention Alliance for Tobacco Control, International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations, International Diabetes Federation, International Pharmaceutical Students Federation, International Society of Nephrology, World Hypertension League, and World Obesity Federation. It is also supported by the World Organization of Family Doctors and World Stroke Organization.

May, 2022

Because the actors involved in any response to a future pandemic are varied, for such an instrument to be effective, it must result from strong multilateralism, with equal respect and participation afforded to all partners involved, including non-state organizations committed to the public interest.

May, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the critical importance of health workers to strengthen health systems and global health security. It has highlighted women’s central role in delivering health services, since women are 70% health workers, and 90% of frontline health workers.

February, 2022

The Global Coalition for Circulatory Health Members – of which WONCA is a member – delivers a statement on the occasion of the 150th session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board