Presidents Blog

September 05, 2013

On August 30, 2013, in Yerevan, the capital city of the Republic of Armenia, the WONCA President, Professor Michael Kidd, signed the “Yerevan Declaration” along with the leaders of the World Psychiatric Association and three other global mental health professional associations. It commits our global organisations to work together to promote continuing improvement of the mental health of all people in the world.

September 05, 2013

This was my first visit to the Republic of Armenia and I didn’t really know what to expect. What I found was dedicated family doctors and nurses, a sophisticated family medicine training program, and some really positive health care reforms.

August 27, 2013

The World Health Organization (WHO) has just released the latest World Health Report. The report has important messages for family medicine and primary care.

August 12, 2013

On July 12 2013 I attended the annual conference of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners in Wellington, New Zealand and delivered the keynote address on Generalism: the heart of global health care.

July 24, 2013

On Saturday July 20, 2013, WONCA president, Michael Kidd, and CEO, Garth Manning attended a roundtable discussion on the development of general practice/family medicine in China.

July 17, 2013

WONCA President visits Dr James Heng-Chia Pen and his colleagues at the Jinshan District Public Health Center in rural north of Chinese Taipei

July 15, 2013

Discurso del Profesor Michael Kidd, presidente WONCA.

July 13, 2013

Keynote speech by Professor Michael Kidd at the WONCA World Conference in Prague on June 29, 2013 on the challenges ahead for family medicine and global primary care

July 05, 2013

This is a transcript of Professor Michael Kidd's inaugural address as WONCA president in Prague on June 27, 2013