Newsletter: March 2015
President's Messages
From the CEO's Desk
From the CEO's desk: Family Doctor Day and more
In this month’s WONCA News I want to report back on the Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) which is held each year in Bangkok. I also want to highlight World Family Doctor Day which, as ever, will be celebrated on 19th May.
Feature Stories
Family Medicine Ethiopia Highlights
Dr Dawit Wondimagegn and Dr Brian Cornelson provide an update on the progress of the growth of family medicine in Ethiopia. An oft-quoted Ethiopian proverb is that ‘Slowly slowly the egg will (hatch and) walk.’ This egg is now walking!
WONCA and WHO News
Conference News and Reports
In my view
Fragmentos de política: Influencia exitosa para la medicina de familia
Os escribo para compartir con vosotros lo que podría ser necesario incluir en términos de estrategia en una 'hoja de ruta' que fortaleciera la medicina de familia en vuestro propio país, y también para compartir con vosotros las cosas que mi propia organización miembro de WONCA hizo para tratar de asegurar este alto nivel de influencia.
Policy Bite: successful lobbying for family medicine
I am writing to share with you what a ‘roadmap’ to strengthen family medicine in your own country might need to include in terms of strategy: and also to share with you the things my own WONCA member organisation, did to try to secure this high level intervention.
Working Parties News
Special Interest Group News
Special Interest Group: Non-communicable diseases
A new WONCA Special Interest Group on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) was approved by the WONCA Executive in July 2013 and serves as a focus for the development of NCDs issues for Wonca worldwide.
Regional News
Member Organization News
Announcements and Updates