WONCA and assessment of digital health
April, 2020
No method to evaluate digital health solutions through the eyes of family doctors existed and therefore WONCA, supported by its Working Party on eHealth, decided to develop a dedicated assessment framework. This framework includes 11 domains of evaluation: ranging from user aspects to healthcare system and ethical matters.
Young Doctors' Movement newsletter May 2020
April, 2020
This month Waynakay, the Rajakumar Movement, the Spice Route, and Vasco da Gama Movement for Young Doctors provide updates on activities over the past few months..
World Family Doctor day - May 19, 2020
April, 2020
We’re happy for Member Organizations to develop their own theme for FDD, depending on local priorities, but this year we’d especially like to highlight the theme that relevant to challenges and responsibilities of family doctors in the new global coronavirus outbreak. – "Family doctors on the front line".
Survey on the effect of PHC on COVID outcomes
April, 2020
Felicity Goodyear-Smith writes: We want to know how prepared you think your country was to deal with COVID-19, how your country responded, the nature of your primary health care system, and changes that have been made in fighting this pandemic. We want to see how these factors might influence the rate and pattern of incidence and deaths.
South Asia Statement of Solidarity on COVID-19 Pandemic
April, 2020
In the moment of a great public health crisis, something which impacts all human beings on the earth, we the family physicians of South Asia are together in solidarity with all our professional colleagues and people. We salute all healthcare workers who have stood to this call of duty. There is no greater service than the service of humanity. May we all triumph together for ourselves, our families, our people, our countries and our world.
A letter from WONCA’s YDMs
April, 2020
The YDMs have written a small text for our colleagues all over the globe. It is written as prose poetry, that's why the format is a little different.
From the President: April 2020
April, 2020
As I write this I wonder if the way we work has now changed forever. As the threat and spread of COVID-19 continues its path, disrupting lives everywhere, no-one can be sure what our world will look like afterwards. As a new disease, it is impossible for the scientists and public health specialists to accurately project the trajectory
Help in troubling times
March, 2020
Two of our Working Party chairs, Chris Dowrick and John Wynn-Jones are leading the way in encouraging colleagues to say what they are finding helpful in these troubling times dominated by the Coronavirus pandemic.
Del presidente : abril 2020
March, 2020
Mientras estoy escribiendo estas líneas me pregunto si nuestra forma de trabajar ya ha cambiado para siempre. Mientras la amenaza y la rápida propagación de la #COVID19 continúa su camino, interrumpiendo y modificando vidas en todo el mundo, nadie puede estar seguro de cómo será nuestro mundo tras el virus.
Du président: Avril 2020
March, 2020
Au moment où j'écris ces lignes, je me demande si notre façon de travailler a changé à jamais. Alors que la menace et la propagation du COVID-19 continuent leur chemin, perturbant la vie partout, personne ne peut être sûr de ce à quoi notre monde ressemblera par la suite