Regional News

December, 2015

Many GPs are already looking very much forward to the WONCA Europe Conference in June 2016 in Copenhagen. We have already received a promisingly high number of abstract submissions and we hope you are considering submitting your abstract to the congress

November, 2015

The scientific committee of 3rd WONCA East Mediterranean Region Family Medicine Congress 2016 invites presenters worldwide to submit abstracts to be presented as an oral or poster presentation

November, 2015

WONCA Europe region held its annual conference in Istanbul during October and as a result WONCA News for November sees a focus on WONCA Europe. Harris Lygidakis, WONCA Europe Hon Secretary, reports on the conference. "Returning from the WONCA Europe conference in Istanbul, we look back at an amazing organizational feat, led by Okay Basak, Dilek Guldal, Mehmet Ungan and Resat Dabak, which saw the participation of more than 3,600 colleagues, more than 1,000 of whom being junior doctors or trainees."

November, 2015

WONCA Europe has announced its 5 Star doctor for 2015 : Dr Ali Cerrahoğlu MD, family physician of Turkey.

November, 2015

WONCA EMR president, Mohammed Tarawneh reports on the 62nd session of WHO regional Committee for East Mediterranean Region

October, 2015

On behalf of our colleagues across our region, WONCA Europe and the Turkish association of Family Doctors have published a statement on the refugee crisis

September, 2015

WONCA East Mediterranean region is holding its 2016 conference from March 17-19 in Dubai. Submission of abstracts is now open.

September, 2015

WONCA EMR in collaboration with Egyptian FM Association conducted a workshop in Cairo on 3rd September 2015

August, 2015

Ruth Wilson, WONCA North America region president, reports that ,ember organizations of the North American region of WONCA remained strong and active in the past year.

August, 2015

American colleague, Ann Evensen, has helped 14 Ethiopian residents join WONCA as direct members.