Newsletter: May 2017
President's Messages
From the President: May 2017
Prioritising people’s needs – four thoughts on equity from this month’s WONCA business: - A busy month in April / early May – I attended a conference as a keynote speaker, in Tunisia run by the ‘Towards Unity for Health’ (TUFH) network; then went to Palestine to the first conference of their new family medicine association.
Du Président - mai 2017
Avril et début mai a été une période bien remplie: j’ai assisté en tant qu’intervenante principale à une conférence proposée par le réseau « Towards Unity for Health » (TUFH) en Tunisie. Je me suis ensuite rendue en Palestine pour la première conférence de la nouvelle association de médecine familiale, immédiatement suivie par la conférence du Rural Working Party à Cairns en Australie.
De la Presidenta - mayo 217
Este mes de abril y principios de mayo está siendo un mes muy ajetreado. En primer lugar, participé como ponente en un congreso en Turquía organizado por la red “Hacia la Unidad en Salud”. Después pasé por Palestina para asistir al primer congreso de su nueva Asociación de Medicina de Familia. Mis viajes continuaron con un Congreso de Medicina Rural en Cairns, Australia
From the CEO's Desk
Feature Stories
World Family Doctor day coming soon!
In only two weeks we celebrate World Family Doctor Day (FDD) on May 19. WONCA’s Member Organizations are making plans for their various celebrations and in June we hope to publish some of these.
Conference News and Reports
WONCA Rural 2018 announced
Its a great pleasure to announce the 15th WONCA World Rural Health Conference, South Asia Rural health conference (WRHC 2018) to be held in New Delhi from 26 - 29th April 2018. Early bird registration discounts are now open.
WONCA Africa Montegut Scholar reports on Rio
In 2016 the American Board of Family Medicine Foundation (ABFM-F) awarded Dr Kenneth Yakubu the 2016 Montegut Scholarship for Africa. This enabled Kenneth to attend the WONCA World conference in Rio. Kenneth writes “Through the Montegut Scholarship award for Africa, I was offered the opportunity to be part of an enriching experience, one I will remember for a very long while. Indeed, I feel blessed. Thank you, ABFM-F”. Kenneth has written an excellent report.
In my view
Fragmentos de política: Manifiesto nórdico sobre el sobrediagnóstico
En 2016, el Colegio Noruego de Práctica Generalista publicó un manifiesto acerca del sobrediagnóstico. Más tarde, en el mismo año, la Federación Nórdica de Práctica Generalista (Nordic Federation of General Practice, NFGP) en colaboración con los médicos de familia de Dinamarca, Finlandia, Islandia, Noruega y Suecia se añadieron a los puntos que defendía el manifiesto.
Working Parties News
Rural Round-up: David Hogg on RuralGP.com
This month, David Hogg, a rural GP from the Isle of Arran, Scotland and tells us about his innovative website RuralGP.com... The aim of the site is to network and embrace rural general practice - and whilst there has been an inevitable Scottish focus, I am keen to feature any material relevant to international rural practice.
WONCA Rural 2018 announced
Its a great pleasure to announce the 15th WONCA World Rural Health Conference, South Asia Rural health conference (WRHC 2018) to be held in New Delhi from 26 - 29th April 2018. Early bird registration discounts are now open.
Special Interest Group News
Regional News
WONCA Africa Montegut Scholar reports on Rio
In 2016 the American Board of Family Medicine Foundation (ABFM-F) awarded Dr Kenneth Yakubu the 2016 Montegut Scholarship for Africa. This enabled Kenneth to attend the WONCA World conference in Rio. Kenneth writes “Through the Montegut Scholarship award for Africa, I was offered the opportunity to be part of an enriching experience, one I will remember for a very long while. Indeed, I feel blessed. Thank you, ABFM-F”. Kenneth has written an excellent report.