WONCA News

October, 2019

Dr Victor Ng, convenor, SIG on Emergency Medicine reports:

October, 2019

Dr Alan Barnard, convenor WONCA SIG on Cancer and Palliative Care reports...

October, 2019

​Prof Dimity Pond, convenor, WONCA Special Interest Group on Ageing and Health reports:

October, 2019

Dr Maria Pilar Astier Pena, chair, WONCA Working Party on Quality and Safety in Family Medicine (WWPQS) reports:

October, 2019

A two-day consultative meeting was held at the WHO AFRO offices in Congo Brazaville on the 13-14 August 2019. This meeting came as a result of the active participation of Dr Prosper Tumussime at the WONCA Africa conference in June 2019, in Kampala, Uganda. The need for WONCA Africa and WHO AFRO to work together to strengthen health systems in African countries became apparent.

October, 2019

Have you been wanting to plan a trip to New Zealand but haven’t quite got there? WONCA 2020 is the perfect opportunity to visit New Zealand and discover the incredible landscapes and warm hospitality our country is famous for.

October, 2019

On World Mental Health Day, October7, WONCA draws attention to an important new study of antidepressant prescribing in primary care.

October, 2019

Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, WONCA Executive Member-at Large and WHO Liaison person was the WONCA Delegate to the UN High Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage. September 23, 2019. Now we have a political declaration signed by all member countries of the UN. WONCA invites member organisations to review the declaration

October, 2019

Suite au succès de la conférence WONCA Afrique, le département « Soins de santé primaires Région Afrique » (AFRO) nouvellement formé a créé une dynamique de jour en jour croissante.

October, 2019

Seguramente, el de Jan de Maesseneer es un nombre familiar para muchos y muchas de vosotros y vosotras. ¡Él ha sido, desde hace años, uno de los grandes defensores de la Medicina de Familia y continúa estando al pie del cañón a pesar de su supuesta “jubilación”! Estoy muy agradecido de invitar a Jan a contribuir con su punto de vista acerca de las cuestiones más relevante dentro de la Atención Primaria y la Medicina de Familia en el WONCA News de este mes