WONCA News

May, 2020

WONCA-WHO Liaison person, Dr Viviana Martinez-Bianchi reports: the 73rd World Health Assembly (WHA73) was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic on May 18 and 19, 2020, with a reduced agenda dedicated only to the Pandemic response.

May, 2020

WONCA has launched a webinar series on COVID-19. Watch previous webinars online. Find out how to join the next WONCA webinar on Research coming on Sunday, 31 May at 10:00am UTC.

May, 2020

This year we decided to highlight a theme relevant to the challenges and the responsibilities of family doctors in the new global coronavirus outbreak. – “Family doctors on the front line - first in, last out." This report focuses on region videos and webinars.

May, 2020

Prof Meng-Chih Lee, President, WONCA APR and Dr Brian Chang, Honorary Secretary, WONCA APR gathered other APR leaders in Singapore December 4-6, 2019. Reducing premature death due to non-communicable disease and addressing unnecessary suffering from pain require commitment, creativity and community.

May, 2020

The WONCA Special Interest Group on Family Violence thanks WONCA World for hosting a webinar on Family Violence highlighting the impact of COVID-19 on this complex issue.

May, 2020

WONCA has launched a webinar series on COVID-19. Watch previous webinars online. Find out how to join the next WONCA webinar on Quality & Safety coming on Sunday, 24 May at 1pm UTC.

May, 2020

In celebration of this year’s FDD – which acknowledges and applauds the work of family doctors globally, we rather presciently chose the theme of “Family doctors on the front line: first in, last out”. You can access a video message from our President, Dr Donald Li, and the entire WONCA Executive.

May, 2020

As one conference or meeting after another is cancelled or postponed in each of our regions and for many of our Member Organisations, we are looking for – and finding - new and innovative ways of keeping in touch, keeping informed, providing each other with care and support.

May, 2020

For all of us, the last few weeks have been quite surreal. COVID-19 has had a major impact on countries around the globe, with very significant effects on the health systems and the economies. Health systems have been placed under immense strain and family doctors have had to quickly learn new ways of working, with virtual consultations and telemedicine becoming the norm in a very short space of time.

May, 2020

The WONCA Working Party on Education thanks WONCA World for hosting a Working Party on Education webinar. It provided an international platform to explore the impact of COVID-19 on Education and Training.