Newsletter: May 2023

Family Doctors, the Heart of Healthcare, That is a meaningful slogan to delve into on this year’s World Family Doctor Day!

This month’s WONCA Sydney World Conference newsletter is a spotlight on Professor Michael Kidd.

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Dr Donald Li, immediate past president of WONCA, was honored with a special award from the Cross Straits Medical Exchange Society of General Practice

The annual World Day for Safety and Health at Work on 28 April promotes the prevention of occupational accidents and diseases globally

This is an is an excellent opportunity for them to engage in discussions on global public health issues, collaborate with other organizations, and participate in important decisions affecting the WHO's policies and priorities.

Education for Primary Care, Vol. 34, free access for May is now available online on Taylor & Francis Online

Our WP focuses on the health of women and their particular spectrum of risks and needs; and also on how to maximise the important contribution of women family doctors worldwide.

On WFDD 2023, the WONCA Special Interest Group on Policy Advocacy wants to wish all our colleagues many thanks for all your hard work. Our SIG focuses on how best to get the voice of family doctors heard where it is needed worldwide – and we want to start by saying the best way to make a positive impression is to do what you do every day

Around the globe women are breaking barriers in a number of fields including medicine, education, science & technology, sports and leadership roles. The South Asia region is no different, today we see women participation and representation in a vast number of fields

Clinical Professor Leanne Rowe, Australian rural general practitioner and past Chairman of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, writes about her latest book

​​Session eight of a ten-part series examining “Primary Health Care: At the heart of every health system” running on the first Wednesday of each month throughout the 2022/23 academic year.