Newsletter: July 2023

As I announced in March, WONCA is launching “The Global Core Values Project,” a worldwide brainstorming focused on the defining principles and values of Family Medicine

In this WONCA News edition, we would like to take a moment to express our heartfelt appreciation to all our member organizations, colleagues, family doctors, primary care professionals and to our global family, for joining us in celebrating World Family Doctor Day! Your contributions and collaborations made this day truly extraordinary.

As the World Organization of Family Doctors, we represent over half a million family doctors around the globe. At WONCA, we firmly believe that access to quality healthcare is a fundamental human right. Help us give family doctors a global voice – Donate to WONCA today!

The Essential Role of Primary Health Care for Health Security and Securing Health Conference

Professor Michael Kidd will serve as the inaugural director of the new Centre for Future Health Systems, which is being established to promote sustainable, equitable, and person-centred health care for all people in Australia

Through conversations with rural clinicians, students, academics, community leaders and policy makers, the podcast it aims to gain insights into the current state of affairs in rural health globally

The upcoming 2023 UN High-level meeting on universal health coverage, scheduled for September, presents a significant platform for countries and stakeholders to revitalize their efforts in achieving health for all

We have just under 100 days to go to celebrating primary care at RACGP-WONCA Sydney 2023!

Dr John Wynn-Jones, Immediate Past Chair WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice wrote an occasional “rural miscellany”. Read more.

Through conversations with rural clinicians, students, academics, community leaders and policy makers, the podcast it aims to gain insights into the current state of affairs in rural health globally

We're excited to announce the two winners of the WONCA Europe Special Project Fund

The conference will take place from August 23rd to 26th, 2023, at the Mövenpick Hotel and Convention Centre KLIA in Sepang, Malaysia

The module, is now available for free, aims to apply practical knowledge to improve the quality and efficiency of care during the pandemic