WONCA News

September, 2013

AfriWon Renaissance, the youth movement of the WONCA Africa Region was officially inaugurated on the 27th June, 2013 during the WONCA 20th World Conference in Prague Czech Republic.

September, 2013

Professor Amanda Howe, our new President–Elect, said in her speech at the WONCA Council that she would help with policy messages. She now takes up that challenge with her regular Policy Bites column - this being her second column.

September, 2013

Health 2020 is a policy framework aimed at providing European politicians and policy-makers key strategic advice to support action for improving health, well-being and health equity, in a way that is sensitive to each country’s situation, political and organisational circumstances.

September, 2013

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) want to hear about your experiences providing primary care health services.

September, 2013

The new PAHO/WHO report, Innovative care for chronic conditions: Organizing and delivering high quality care for chronic noncommunicable diseases in the Americas, proposes an integrated Chronic Care Model for addressing NCDs in the context of primary health care

September, 2013

Addressing Health Equity was a workshop held at the recent world conference in Prague. Here follows a summary of the discussion.

September, 2013

The first workshop of the WONCA Working Party on Indigenous & Minority Groups Health Issues drew people from around the globe.

September, 2013

WONCA East Mediterranean region president Dr Mohammed Tarawneh, reports on a meeting in Qatar.

September, 2013

Dr Gustavo Gusso, medico familiar, profesor de la universidad de Sao Paulo, past president de la SBMFYC y editor del Tratado brasileño de medicina familiar y comunitaria; dará una conferencia Titulada en Perú

September, 2013

WONCA Executive is inviting expressions of interest from young doctors to become a member of the WONCA Executive committee.