Working Party News

February, 2023

Planetary Health challenges are rising and primary healthcare professionals should be prepared for dealing with it. In February 2023, the article “An international planetary health for primary care massive open online course” was published by Floss et al. at Lancet Planetary Health and analyzed the MOOC Planetary Health for Primary Care created by WONCA Environment and Telessaúde-RS.

February, 2023

Professor Christopher Dowrick, a former chair of the WONCA Working Party on Mental Health, represented WONCA at the World Health Organization's conference on pre-service education for mental health in Geneva, Switzerland on December 15th and 16th.

December, 2022

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual campaign that begins on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs through International Human Rights Day on 10 December

December, 2022

People are well aware of air pollution being a risk factor for the development and exacerbations of chronic respiratory diseases, but generally do not know that inhaled therapy to treat respiratory diseases can contribute to climate change

November, 2022

A pilot program to teach policy and practice transformation skills to family doctors around the world

November, 2022

We thank Taylor and Francis and the editor Professor Simon Gay, for this valuable concession to widen journal access across all our members .

October, 2022

September, 2022

Family physicians will play a critical role in working with patients and families towards achieving “Medication Without Harm”

September, 2022

July, 2022

PaRIS is the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)’s Patient-Reported Indicator Surveys initiative