WONCA News

July, 2019

This month I’d like to highlight two new Special Interest Groups (SIGs) which the WONCA Executive has recently endorsed: SIG on Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Care and SIG on LGBTQ Health. Find out more about these groups.

July, 2019

The Vasco da Gama Movement (VdGM) for young doctors in Europe was prominent at the recent WONCA Europe conference. Dr Katarzyna Nessler, new chair of the Movement reports:

July, 2019

During the recent WONCA Europe conference in Bratislava, the WONCA editor travelled outside the city to the nearby town of Pezinok on a visit to the practice of Dr Adriana Šimková. It was a multinational group with the editor being accompanied by colleagues Olgun Göktaş from Turkey and Hagit Dascal-Weichhendler from Israel.

July, 2019

The Human Side of Medicine : Learning what it's like to be a patient and what it's like to be a physician

July, 2019

El pasado 27 de octubre de 2018, el congreso de Astaná de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (WHO) aprovó una declaración para fortalecer la Atención Primaria. En ella se admite la importancia de la asistencia en Atención Primaria, como una de las funciones centrales de los sistemas sanitarios para conseguir la cobertura universal de salud.

July, 2019

Mi primera visita oficial a África, para asistir al congreso de Kampala, en Uganda, fue muy agradable, de principio a fin. Varios delegados provenientes de 32 países diferentes vinieron a compartir su entusiasmo y sus experiencias en el desarrollo de una Medicina de Familia fuerte en todo el continent. El congreso estuvo realmente enfocado a la Atención Primaria centrada en la persona, y fue una gran oportunidad para animar más a los estudiantes

July, 2019

On October 27, 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) Conference in Astana, approved a declaration to strengthen primary health care. It acknowledges the importance of primary health care, as a core function in health systems, to attain universal health coverage. This declaration is a welcome support for health reforms around the world particularly now it has been endorsed by the World Health Assembly.

July, 2019

Scholarships are now available to help offset the cost of attendance for the 16th WONCA World Rural Health Conference Oct. 12-15 in Albuquerque, New Mexico USA.

July, 2019

When Anna Stavdal stood for election as WONCA President-elect, in Seoul, she focused on the importance of adapting the core values of family medicine to current trends. Here she reflects on this issue, overmedicalisation and a recent BMJ article.

July, 2019

我于六月首次以WONCA主席身分到访非洲，出席于乌干达坎帕拉举行的非洲区域会议，来自32个不同国家的代表分享了发展家庭医学的经验与历程，令这次的非洲之旅获益良多。