WONCA News

November, 2020

I trust you are all staying well, despite the resurgence of the pandemic in many parts of the world. The results of the turbulent US elections remind us that change is possible. As Jill Benson told us during our recent webinar: “We need to stay hopeful, because we know that hopelessness is more infectious that COVID-19”.

November, 2020

The ’30 by 2030’ campaign calls for development partners explicitly to assign 30% of their health funds towards building and improving primary care systems, to deliver integrated, comprehensive primary care services by 2030.

November, 2020

Décembre 2020 marque la fin d'une ère pour WONCA - et le début d'une nouvelle ère. À la fin du mois, Garth Manning prendra sa retraite en tant que PDG de WONCA après plus de huit ans en poste. J'ai travaillé avec Garth tout au long de cette période et j'ai fait partie du jury qui l'avait nommé.

November, 2020

Diciembre de 2020 marca el final de una era para WONCA y el comienzo de una nueva era. A fin de mes, Garth Manning se jubilará como CEO de WONCA después de más de ocho años en el cargo. He trabajado con Garth durante todo ese tiempo y estuve en el ejecutivo que lo nombró. El primer día de Garth en el cargo fue el primer día de una reunión ejecutiva de WONCA de tres días, en Londres, en 2012.

November, 2020

2020年12月标志着WONCA一个时代的结束， 亦是新时代的开始。首席执行官Garth Manning将于本月底退休，离开任职八年多的岗位。我是任命Garth的小组成员，一直与他并肩作战。Garth在2012年上任首天，参与了于伦敦举行为期三天的执行委员会会议，便随即着手这艰巨的工作 ！

November, 2020

The new WHF position paper – The Case for the Digital Transformation of Circulatory Health – explores how digital innovation can improve healthcare for people with circulatory diseases

November, 2020

我们每次向会员组织就「WONCA应为会员扮演的最重要角色是什么？」作意见调查和讨论时，得到的意见均是期望我们能进一步巩固在世界卫生组织的参与，以及加强协作。大家也期望能汇集合五十多万名会员的影响力，提高家庭医学的知名度和各界的认同。

November, 2020

Every poll and discussion we hold with Member Organisations about what the most important role is that WONCA can undertake on their behalf comes back with the plea to further escalate our involvement with WHO. Our members want us to use the leverage of 500,000+ members to increase visibility and recognition of family medicine.

November, 2020

Karen Flegg writes: ​As part of finishing up my role as WONCA editor by the end of the year, I wish to reflect on the great joy and wonderful times I have experienced in attending WONCA conferences over the last 10 years. My Editor's Picks: Photos of Individuals, and Editors Picks: Photos of Groups received wonderful feedback and of course these photos of my colleagues were taken at WONCA conferences. Below you will find various conference reports from past years' WONCA conferences.

October, 2020

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 daily 'Rural Miscellany' email with poems and resource ideas to help and divert us in this difficult time. This month we feature his item on "joy".