WONCA News

February, 2021

2021 marks the beginning of a new chapter in the history of WONCA, with the new Secretariat based in Brussels, Belgium. Our new team is headed by Dr Harris Lygidakis as new CEO

February, 2021

We start the 47th volume of WONCA News with many introductions, including mine. For my first edition, I am also pleased to introduce the new WONCA Secretariat based in Brussels, Belgium

February, 2021

WONCA participated in the 148th session of the Executive Board of the WHO with statements that addressed important items of the agenda such as Global Action on Patient Safety, Public Health Emergencies: Preparedness and Response and Mental Health Preparedness and Response for the COVID-19 Pandemic.

February, 2021

Dr Donald Li, President of WONCA, sends a message to Council Members and colleagues, calling for an Extraordinary General Meeting in May to discuss and vote crucial bylaws amendments.

February, 2021

The 17th WONCA World Rural Health Conference original lecture recordings and webinar series are now available for viewing and download.

February, 2021

Read the testimony of one of the participants of the virtual educational programme to equip 12 motivated family doctors who wish to advance the integration of behavioural health care into routine primary care practice.

February, 2021

Dr John Wynn-Jones is well known in WONCA circles and immediate past chair of the WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice. During the COVID-19 crisis he has been writing a 'Rural Miscellany' email with poems and resource ideas to help and divert us in this difficult time. In this first item of 2021, we publish "Truth" - written by John this month

February, 2021

The WHO officially launched the Year of the Health and Care Workers campaign, under the slogan Protect. Invest. Together.

February, 2021

The Ibero-American Confederation of Family Medicine (WONCA - CIMF) issued a statement on behalf of the multiple national associations of Family Medicine that constitute it, about the current situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic

February, 2021

WONCA Europe 2021 Conference, originally planned to take place in Amsterdam, is now coming to you virtually and extends the abstract submission deadline until 15 February 2021.