Regional News

May, 2019

​WONCA APR 2019 was held from May 15-18, 2019 at Kyoto International Conference Center, hosted by the Japan Primary Care Association. Total number of participants was 1643, from 46 countries, from all over the world.

May, 2019

All the latest information for those coming to WONCA Europe's conference in Bratislava in June. Practice visits, skills labs, walking workshop.

March, 2019

It’s less than two months until the WONCA Asia Pacific region (APR) conference, in Kyoto. We are now in the full swing of final preparations. More than 500 papers have been submitted and participants from more than 40 countries have already registered.

February, 2019

WONCA Asia Pacific region (APR) conference in Kyoto will provide the chance to observe Japanese medical clinics. An impressive list of speakers are assembled for our keynote and plenary sessions. Registration deadline for regular registration is March 11, 2019 (Japan Time).

February, 2019

Attend an excellent line up of workshops and enhance your experience at WONCA EMR 2019. These workshops have been carefully chosen to cover topics such as Universal Health Care, Primary Health Care, Health Policies, Refugee Health Care, Mental Health, Smoking Cessation and other hot topics.

February, 2019

The sixth regional WONCA East Mediterranean region conference will be held from March 21- 23, 2019 in the Phoenicia Hotel, Beirut Lebanon. It will be hosted by the Lebanese Society of Family Medicine. The three day congress will highlight the latest updates relating to the practice of family medicine via a range of methods. See more about the program here.

January, 2019

Dr Peter Makara is Host Organizing Committee Chair for the WONCA Europe conference coming to the Slovak Republic in June 2019. He is President of the Slovak Society of General Practice. Here he is interviewed about the situation in his country.

January, 2019

The sixth regional WONCA East Mediterranean region conference will be held from March 21- 23, 2019 in the Phoenicia Hotel, Beirut Lebanon. It will be hosted by the Lebanese Society of Family Medicine.

January, 2019

Prof Nobu Ban, HOC chair for WONCA Asia Pacific region conference coming to Kyoto in May, reviews several Japanese dishes which are ordinary, everyday, tasteful ones you should try when you come to Kyoto.

January, 2019

Call for abstracts has been extended but still only few days left to submit and be part of the WONCA Europe 2019 Conference scientific programme. Don't miss this opportunity! Abstract Submission Deadline: February 7, 2019