EGPRN meets in Vigo
November, 2019
The 89th EGPRN meeting took place in Vigo, Spain, between the 17th and the 20th October 2019. Find out more here.
World Mental Health Day report
October, 2019
Good mental health is related to mental and psychological well-being. Over the years, there have been increasing cases of anxiety, depression and suicides. One person dies every 40 seconds from suicide. Every suicide is a tragedy that has long-lasting effects on the people left behind. This year’s World Mental Health Day focus was on what can be done to prevent suicide.
WHO Mental Health Forum: Geneva, October 2019
October, 2019
Christopher Dowrick, chair of the WONCA Working Party on Mental Health reports on the WHO Mental Health Forum: Geneva, 14-15 October 2019: I was delighted to participate once again in this annual event, together with WONCA colleagues Gabby Ivbijaro and Abdullah Al-Khatami. It was an excellent networking and information sharing event, highlighting important developments in global mental health.
Launch of a Toolkit to help develop palliative care in primary care
October, 2019
The Toolkit was launched at the 2019 EAPC conference in Berlin. It was presented at a plenary lecture to the audience of about 3000 delegates who each received a copy. Professor Scott Murray from the University of Edinburgh presented an infographic about the Toolkit and a short video about how it might be used.
WONCA Africa and WHO AFRO hold successful meeting
October, 2019
A two-day consultative meeting was held at the WHO AFRO offices in Congo Brazaville on the 13-14 August 2019. This meeting came as a result of the active participation of Dr Prosper Tumussime at the WONCA Africa conference in June 2019, in Kampala, Uganda. The need for WONCA Africa and WHO AFRO to work together to strengthen health systems in African countries became apparent.