Newsletter: March 2021

As the governments of wealthier countries discuss the logistics - and the moral compulsion - to share COVID-19 vaccines with poorer countries and as the vaccine is increasingly delivered around the world, we can begin to look at what the next phase of our lives might be like.

A medida que los gobiernos de los países más ricos discuten la logística, y la compulsión moral, de compartir las vacunas COVID-19 con los países más pobres y a medida que la vacuna se distribuye cada vez más en todo el mundo, podemos comenzar a ver cómo podría ser la próxima fase de nuestras vidas.

Alors que les gouvernements des pays les plus riches discutent de la logistique - et de l'obligation morale - de partager les vaccins COVID-19 avec les pays les plus pauvres et que le vaccin est de plus en plus distribué dans le monde entier, nous pouvons commencer à envisager la prochaine étape de nos vies.

随着富裕国家政府讨论与贫穷国家分享COVID-19疫苗的后勤保障和道德义务，以及疫苗在世界范围内的不断普及，我们可以开始展望接下来的生活。虽然无法回到COVID-19发生之前的状态，但也许能够恢复到我们认为的"正常"状态。

This column contains the most recent activities from the Secretariat, including information regarding the Extraordinary General Meeting of the Council in May, the new Membership Portal and all the updates related to Data Protection and Privacy Policies.

Since the beginning of activities at the new WONCA Secretariat, we have had a very active couple of months, getting to know everyone who makes it possible for our organisation to continue its mission.

We thank the contribution of our female colleagues in primary care from all over the world and we raise our voices for a gender-equal world! #ChooseToChallenge

To celebrate International Women’s Day, WONCA President Elect, Dr Anna Stavdal, writes about the role of women within the healthcare workforce and the importance of an equal future in a post-COVID-19 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 "The Garden" - written by John this month.

Dr Hina Jawaid participated, on behalf of WONCA, in a series of dialogues organised by the WHO Department of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCD), which were carried out virtually on 23 and 24 February 2021

WONCA welcomes a new member to the Executive Committee, Prof Taghreed Mohamed Farahat (Egypt), as Regional President of WONCA East Mediterranean 2021