Newsletter: July 2020

By the time you read this column most of you will know that we have had to take the decision to postpone our World Council and conference planned for Abu Dhabi in November, to be hosted by the Emirates Medical Association. It was really heartening and very important for us to receive speedy feedback from the Member Organisations that they were happy to postpone this year’s planned World Council and conference until 2021.

相信当各位阅读此专栏时，大多已得悉我们已决定推迟由阿联酋医学会在11月于阿布扎比主办的世界理事会和世界会议。

Au moment où vous lirez cette colonne, la plupart d'entre vous sauront que nous avons dû prendre la décision de reporter notre Conseil mondial et la conférence prévus à Abu Dhabi en novembre, que devait accueillir l'Association médicale des Emirats.

Cuando leas esta columna,es posible que ya sepas que hemos tenido que tomar la decisión de posponer nuestro Consejo Mundial de WONCA Mundial y el Congreso previsto para Abu Dhabi en noviembre, que será organizado por la Asociación Médica de Emiratos Árabes.

The main news this month concerns confirmation of the postponement of our World Council and conference in Abu Dhabi - the new dates will be 21st to 23rd November 2021 for Council meetings and 25th to 28th November 2021 for the World conference.

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 daily 'Rural Miscellany' email with poems and resource ideas to help and divert us in this difficult time. He agreed to entertain us again this month on "the pursuit of beauty"

WONCA has released the following statement (endorsed by WONCA Executive) outlining its support for WHO in the current coronavirus pandemic.

A letter to WONCA member organizations about the postponement of the coming WONCA Abu Dhabi World conference and Council meeting

Dr John Wynn-Jones, Immediate Past Chair WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice has been writing a regular “rural miscellany” email since March, to provide resources on COVID-19 but also to give us a touch of poetry as a diversion in these difficult times. His body of work is now available on one website for your enjoyment.

Prof Chris Dowrick, Chair of the WONCA Working Party on Mental Health, writes on some resources in the time of COVID-19 in his latest newsletter to colleagues.

WONCA's Working Party on Research through Felicity Goodyear-Smith and Bob Mash have produced a book on "How to do Primary Care Research". A review of this book has been published and can be found online.

This multinational survey aimed to understand characteristics and strategies employed by different countries to deal with COVID-19 from a PHC perspective to determine: factors most associated with national mortality rates during the pandemic period to date, and lessons to better address both current and future pandemics

Prof Val Wass, Chair WONCA Working Party on Education writes on the latest open access item in Education for Primary Care: from Felicity Goodyear-Smith "Provision of e-learning programmes to replace undergraduate medical students’ clinical general practice attachments during COVID-19 stand-down"

The WONCA and WHO joint book on family practice is available now on the following WHO website and the Arabic version will be published in late August: Family Practice in the Eastern Mediterranean Region- Universal Health Coverage and Quality Primary Care.

After its success in Spain, the Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine (semFYC) has translated a series of videos that analyse the main features of COVID19 pandemic and its effects on global Mental Health.

WONCA's Working Party on Research through Felicity Goodyear-Smith and Bob Mash have produced a book on "How to do Primary Care Research". A review of this book has been published and can be found online.

KEYpoints: Online educational material on non-communicable diseases now available

After its success in Spain, the Spanish Society of Family and Community Medicine (semFYC) has translated a series of videos that analyse the main features of COVID19 pandemic and its effects on global Mental Health.

Prof Val Wass, Chair WONCA Working Party on Education writes on the latest open access item in Education for Primary Care: from Felicity Goodyear-Smith "Provision of e-learning programmes to replace undergraduate medical students’ clinical general practice attachments during COVID-19 stand-down"

WONCA is seeking to contract a reputable and experienced AMC, which will work with the Secretariat