Fragmentos de política – Septiembre 2018
August, 2018
Trabajando a escala - como médicos y médicas de familia necesitamos pensar tanto a nivel pequeño como a nivel más grande – y no siempre debemos sentir que debemos avanzar nosotros solos. Algunos de los modelos en asistencia moderna ofrecen un apoyo efectivo y una mayor capacitación, mientras mantenemos como prioridad la cara humana de la Medicina de Familia.
Working Party on eHealth Annual Report
August, 2018
Ilkka Kunnamo (Finland), chair of the Working Party on eHealth reports:
Time has come for me to retire from the position as convenor of the Working Party and thank all colleagues who have been involved in its activities.
International Classification committee (WICC) annual report
August, 2018
The annual WONCA International Classification Committee (WICC) meeting in 2017 was held from 26 August to 1.September in Lyon/France. The main topics were the international ICPC-3 Consortium founded for the development of a new version of the International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC-3) under the lead of Kees van Boven at the University of Nijmegen/Netherlands and its relationship to WICC. Furthermore the WICC directly worked on the content of the future ICPC-3. Another important topic was the development of a primary care version (linearization) of ICD-11 in collaboration with WHO.
WONCA South Asia, in Lahore, in 2019
August, 2018
The WONCA South Asia region conference will be held from November 22-24, 2019, in Lahore, Karachi, Pakistan. The theme is "Primary Care- complete health care". The conference is hosted by the Pakistan Society of Family Physicians.
WONCA in Kyoto, Japan, in 2019
August, 2018
This is the first announcement in WONCA News about the WONCA Asia Pacific region conference coming in 2019 to Kyoto, Japan. The conference will be held from May 15-18, 2019
SIG on Workers' Health annual report
August, 2018
We continue to recruit and welcome new members from all WONCA regions who wish to work together to strengthen the discipline of Family Medicine with a special interest on Workers Health. On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Alma Declaration, Family Doctors must emphasize our passion for Primary Care,
SIG Point of Care Testing annual report
August, 2018
As of 24 April 2018, there are 113 members in the Special Interest Group (SIG) on Global Point-of- Care Testing (POCT), comprising 11 Executive Members and 102 General Members; these members represent 44 different countries and all seven WONCA regions.
From the President: August 2018
July, 2018
We all need to thank each other this month – which is the start of a new financial and academic year for some, a well-earned holiday period for others, and a really really busy time for the WONCA leadership and Secretariat as we run towards the Seoul conference and the WHO meeting in Astana.
De la presidenta – Agosto 2018
July, 2018
Todos y todas debemos darnos las gracias mutuamente este mes de agosto, el mes en el que comienza un nuevo año fiscal y, para algunos y algunas, un nuevo año académico. Agosto también es el inicio de un periodo de vacaciones muy merecidas para otros colegas, y un verdadero (muy verdadero) comienzo de periodo ajetreado por parte de los directivos de WONCA y su secretariado mientras nos acercamos al Congreso de Seúl y al encuentro de la Organización Mundial de la Salud en Astana.