President's Messages

April, 2014

Dr Yin Shoulong is a rural general practitioner, in Tai Shitun Village, in China. He lives in a typical rural village house built around a central courtyard, with his clinic occupying one side of his home. His patients are from his farming community and many are impoverished and elderly and frail.

March, 2014

El mes pasado me invitaron a visitar las comunidades de la región de Fukushima, en Japón, afectada por el tsunami y el desastre del reactor nuclear. Yo tenía muchas ganas de aprender sobre el papel que los médicos de familia locales y sus equipos siguen desempeñando para ayudar en la recuperación de los supervivientes de las comunidades devastadas. Fue una semana aleccionadora.

March, 2014

Last month I was invited to visit communities in the Fukushima region of Japan affected by the tsunami and the nuclear reactor disaster. I was keen to learn about the role local family doctors and their teams are continuing to play in assisting in the recovery of the surviving members of the devastated communities. It was a sobering week.

February, 2014

“Me encanta la medicina de familia". Estas son palabras de la Dra. Margaret Chan, Directora General de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), cuando habló ante la Academia de Medicina de Hong Kong en diciembre. La Dra. Chan pasó a describir cómo la medicina de familia contribuye a la salud y el bienestar de los individuos, las familias y las comunidades en muchas partes del mundo. Me hago eco de la opinión de la Dra. Chan.

February, 2014

These are the words of Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the WHO, speaking at the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine in December. Dr Chan went on to describe how family medicine contributes to the health and well being of individuals, families and communities in many parts of the world.

December, 2013

Brasil es líder mundial en el tratamiento de la cobertura universal de salud a través de los equipos de medicina familiar. En noviembre, en una de las favelas (barrios marginales) de Río de Janeiro, tuve la oportunidad de reunirme con el médico de familia Euclides Colaço y sus colegas.

December, 2013

Brazil is a global leader in addressing universal health coverage through family medicine teams. In November, in one of the favelas (“shanty towns”) of Rio de Janeiro, I had the opportunity to meet with family doctor Euclides Colaço and his colleagues.

November, 2013

En octubre, representé a WONCA en una conferencia en Hyderabad, en la India, para celebrar el 50 aniversario de la creación de la Asociación India de Colegios Médicos de Medicina General (IMA CGP).

November, 2013

In October, I represented WONCA at a conference in Hyderabad, in India, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Indian Medical Association College of General Practitioners (IMA CGP).

October, 2013

In September, I attended the United Nations General Assembly in New York, representing WONCA at a summit called to examine progress in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and to discuss what happens beyond the end of 2015 when the current MDGs conclude.