WONCA News

May, 2017

Candan Kendir was the Vasco da Gama Movement (VdGM) Fund Winner attending the 4th VdGM Forum which was held from 20-21 April 2017 in Strasbourg, France

May, 2017

The CEO reports on the first full meeting for the 2016 -18 Executive, including on new Member Organizations, and looks forward to World Family Doctor Day.

May, 2017

The "Education for Primary Care" journal has obtained free permanent open access for all WONCA members to five key and most informative leading articles on education for patient safety in primary care.

May, 2017

Avril et début mai a été une période bien remplie: j’ai assisté en tant qu’intervenante principale à une conférence proposée par le réseau « Towards Unity for Health » (TUFH) en Tunisie. Je me suis ensuite rendue en Palestine pour la première conférence de la nouvelle association de médecine familiale, immédiatement suivie par la conférence du Rural Working Party à Cairns en Australie.

May, 2017

Este mes de abril y principios de mayo está siendo un mes muy ajetreado. En primer lugar, participé como ponente en un congreso en Turquía organizado por la red “Hacia la Unidad en Salud”. Después pasé por Palestina para asistir al primer congreso de su nueva Asociación de Medicina de Familia. Mis viajes continuaron con un Congreso de Medicina Rural en Cairns, Australia

May, 2017

Its a great pleasure to announce the 15th WONCA World Rural Health Conference, South Asia Rural health conference (WRHC 2018) to be held in New Delhi from 26 - 29th April 2018. Early bird registration discounts are now open.

April, 2017

Professor Christopher Dowrick, Chair of the WONCA Working Party for Mental Health writes about Depression as this year's theme for World Family Doctor Day and announces a new clinical resource for consultations.

April, 2017

This month's guest policy bite comes from the Nordic Federation of General Practice (NFGP), and is the recently endorsed Nordic position paper on overdiagnosis and related medical overactivity.

April, 2017

In 2016 the American Board of Family Medicine Foundation (ABFM-F) awarded Dr Kenneth Yakubu the 2016 Montegut Scholarship for Africa. This enabled Kenneth to attend the WONCA World conference in Rio. Kenneth writes “Through the Montegut Scholarship award for Africa, I was offered the opportunity to be part of an enriching experience, one I will remember for a very long while. Indeed, I feel blessed. Thank you, ABFM-F”. Kenneth has written an excellent report.

April, 2017

Conociendo la demanda en Atención Primaria: Maximizando el papel del personal de Atención Primaria fue un artículo escrito por la Profesora Amanda How y el Doctor Jamie Murdoch de la Universidad de Anglia del Este.