Regional News

September, 2014

WONCA EMR executives go to a meeting with five Tunisian family medicine societies, and four academic medical schools belonging to the following universities - Tunis city, Sousse, Monastir, and Sfax

September, 2014

WONCA EMR president, Dr Mohammed Tarawneh, and Dr Oraib Alsmadi, WONCA EMR honorary treasurer, were invited as temporary advisors to attend the WHO EMR meeting on strengthening the integration and management of noncommunicable diseases in primary health care

August, 2014

Prof Pratap Prasad provides a short report on the success of the recent South Asia conference held in Chennai, along with numerous photos.

August, 2014

A group of family doctors had the opportunity to participate, in a virtual dialogue on the training of specialists in Family Medicine under universal coverage “Diálogo Virtual sobre la formación de especialistas en Medicina Familiar en el marco de la Cobertura Universal de Salud”. This event was promoted by PAHO.

August, 2014

Drs Ramnik and Jyoti Parekh have created a scholarship for young family medicine doctors in the South Asia region towards supporting their participation in regional exchanges, global exchange program FM360 and WONCA conferences. Find out more about Ramnik and Jyoti and the scholarship.

August, 2014

Independent Experts Panel set up by the European Commission publishes Opinion on Primary Care.

July, 2014

Dr Mora Claramita from the Department of Medical Education at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, provides her perspectives on the recent changes for primary care doctors in Indonesia.

July, 2014

At the recent WONCA Europe conference in Lisbon various awards were presented including the Five Star doctor award, the Montegut Scholarship and the Vasco da Gama awards.

June, 2014

At the recent WONCA Asia Pacific region conference, visits to rural health clinics were offered by the Host Organising Committee. The WONCA Editor joined another Australian colleague and four colleagues from Japan on one of the visit programs.

June, 2014

At the recent WONCA Asia Pacific conference in Kuching prizes were presented for research, oral presentations and posters. Winners are announced.