WONCA News

August, 2016

Sugiero que podríamos hacer un mejor uso con la gran cantidad de recurso de nuestros miembros. Podríamos tener una mayor cantidad de “grandes conversaciones” focalizadas en algunos de los temas clave para nuestra disciplina.

August, 2016

The College of Family Medicine Pakistan has initiated its research cell. The College shall be training and supporting its members all over the country for primary care research projects.

August, 2016

El programa formativo de la Comunidad de las Islas Cook de Práctica Generalista tiene la voluntad de crear un personal de médicos de familia con una buena formación para dar cobertura a las futuras necesidades de la Asistencia Sanitaria de la población de las Islas Cook, y forma parte de una estrecha colaboración entre el Ministerio de Sanidad y el Ministerio de Educación de las Islas Cook, el Real Colegio de Nueva Zelanda de Médicos Generalistas, y la Universidad de Nueva Zelanda de Otago.

August, 2016

Le programme de formation de l'Association de médecine générale des Iles Cook vise à créer une main d'oeuvre de médecins de famille bien formés pour servir les futurs besoins en soins de santé des habitants des Iles Cook et représente une excellente collaboration entre le Ministère de la santé et le Ministère de l'éducation des Iles Cook, le Royal College of General Practitioners de Nouvelle Zélande, ainsi que l'université néo-zélandaise d'Otago.

August, 2016

Well known WONCA identity and past chair of the Working Party on Mental Health, Prof Gabriel Ivbijaro MBE is now President of the World Federation for Mental Health, and has a new blog in the Huffington Post. His latest is reproduced here courtesy of the Huffington Post.

August, 2016

The preliminary program for the WONCA World conference being held in Rio in early November is now online. Program at a glance is listed in this item.

August, 2016

PEARLS are an independent product of the Cochrane primary care group and are meant for educational use and not to guide clinical care. Next month we begin a relationship with the Goodfellow Unit of the University of Auckland which will see us promote their "Goodfellow Gems" another clinical resource.

August, 2016

The CEO, Garth Manning, explains the various categories of membership for organizations and individuals. Also listed are new Organizational members in the current triennium 2013 -2016.

August, 2016

The Czech Society of General Practice will be the host organization for the 22nd WONCA Europe Conference, which will be held in Prague from 28th June to 1st July 2017, and they have informed us that abstract submission is now open.

August, 2016

WONCA Africa was given the opportunity to present a Statement to the delegates at the ongoing 66th Session of the WHO Afro ‎Ministerial meeting holding in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.