Newsletter: April 2021

World Family Doctor Day is an opportunity for all of us - doctors, members of the primary care team, family members and patients – to reflect on the role family medicine plays in our lives.

El Día Mundial del Médico de Familia es una oportunidad para que todos nosotros, médicos, miembros del equipo de atención primaria, familiares y pacientes, reflexionemos sobre el papel que desempeña la medicina familiar en nuestras vidas.

La Journée mondiale du Médecin Généraliste est l'occasion pour nous tous - médecins, membres d’équipes de soins primaires, familles et patients - de réfléchir au rôle que joue la médecine générale dans nos vies.

每年的5月19日，全球的家庭医生和他们众多的患者都会共同庆祝世界家庭医生日。对于医生、初级保健团队人员、家庭成员以及患者来说，世界家庭医生日为我们所有人提供了一个反思家庭医学在我们生活中扮演何种角色的机会。

World Family Doctor Day, first declared in 2010 and celebrated every year on 19 May, is an opportunity to acknowledge and advocate for the pivotal role of family doctors and primary care teams.

In this issue, WONCA President, Dr Donald Li , shares in his column essential information regarding our flag event: World Family Doctors Day (WFDD) and reveals the theme of the 2021 edition

Discover the latest news and activities of our Young Doctors’ Movements around the world!

Dr John Wynn-Jones is well known in WONCA circles and immediate past chair of the WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice. During the COVID-19 crisis he has been writing a 'Rural Miscellany' email with poems and resource ideas to help and divert us in this difficult time. In this, the second item of 2021, we publish "Liberty and Freedom" - written by John this month.

Under the theme «Building a fairer and healthier world», this year's campaign tackles current inequities in healthcare conditions, highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The congress will be held in a hybrid way (face-to-face and online), from August 18 to 21, 2021, in the city of Vitoria, Espírito Santo, Brazil.

Prof Val Wass, Chair WONCA Working Party on Education, updates on the latest open access items in Education for Primary Care.

Professor Christopher Dowrick, chair of the WONCA Working Party on Mental Health shares the latest news on the WP.

The Hong Kong College of Family Physicians is delighted to invite you to the Hong Kong Primary Care Conference 2021, to be held online on 30 July – 1 August 2021.

The Besrour Centre for Global Family Medicine (Besrour Centre) is hosting its annual Besrour Forum as part of the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)’s Family Medicine Forum (FMF) taking place November 10 to 13, 2021, in Toronto, Canada.

The first virtual edition of the longstanding Toronto International Program to strengthen Family Medicine will be delivered online from April 7 to June 23, 2021,

Spirometry - Are your patients able to receive it? Can your clinic offer it? Do you need a certificate to perform it?

This online conference offers the opportunity to participate in the second part of the 2020 ICCH programme, bringing together the community of healthcare researchers, teachers, practitioners and policy makers from around the globe.