WONCA News

December, 2013

We are grateful for his leadership and support to WONCA throughout the years as President of the World WONCA (1992-1995) as well as serving WONCA in numerous other capacities. WONCA has indeed lost a good friend, a leader and a great supporter.

December, 2013

World Health Organization officially launched the MiNDbank online platform on the 10th December, Human Rights Day 2013. WHO MiNDbank is a product of the QualityRights Project, WHO’s flagship campaign to improve care and end human rights violations against people with mental and psychosocial disabilities.

December, 2013

La Profesora Amanda Howe, nuestra nueva presidenta electa, afirmó en su discurso en el Consejo WONCA que iba a "ayudar con mensajes políticos. Así que ahora invitamos a Amanda a afrontar ese reto. Aquí está la tercera propuesta de Amanda, que va a ir ofreciéndolas de forma regular.

December, 2013

Brasil es líder mundial en el tratamiento de la cobertura universal de salud a través de los equipos de medicina familiar. En noviembre, en una de las favelas (barrios marginales) de Río de Janeiro, tuve la oportunidad de reunirme con el médico de familia Euclides Colaço y sus colegas.

December, 2013

Brazil is a global leader in addressing universal health coverage through family medicine teams. In November, in one of the favelas (“shanty towns”) of Rio de Janeiro, I had the opportunity to meet with family doctor Euclides Colaço and his colleagues.

December, 2013

Hong Kong anniversary celebrations, young doctors and ... we come to the end of the first full year of the WONCA Secretariat in Bangkok. It has been a busy and eventful year, with our first Executive and Council meetings, but we survived, and I’m sure will go from strength to strength.

December, 2013

Dr Shabir Moosa writes - "Hamba Kahle Tata" We are privileged to have lived in the life and times of Nelson Mandela or Tata Madiba, as he was fondly called.

December, 2013

In preparation for the main keynotes, Dr Peter A Sloane interviews Prof Job Metsemakers, President of WONCA Europe, Prof Per Kallestrup, founder of the Hippokrates Exchange Programme, and Dr Luisa Pettigrew, member at large of the WONCA World

December, 2013

This year’s The Network: Towards Unity for Health (TUFH) conference was held from November 16-20 in Ayutthaya, Thailand.

December, 2013

At the recent WONCA world conference in Prague, WONCA Europe awarded a number of bursaries to assist with attendance. Read how these bursaries help our colleagues reach their aspirations.