Regional News
WONCA Africa welcomes you to Ghana, May 2015
January, 2015
Dr Henry Lawson, the Chairman of the Local Organising Committee of the Wonca Africa Conference in Accra, Ghana 6-9 May 2015 and future Wonca Africa President, urges you to join us in Ghana.
News from North America region
November, 2014
Fall is a busy time for the North American Region of WONCA. The American Academy of Family Medicine held its Congress and Assembly in October and in November the College of Family Physicians of Canada held its board meeting, Scientific Assembly, and Besrour Conference in Quebec City.
WONCA EMR president at WHO regional committee
November, 2014
WONCA East Mediterranean Region president, Dr Mohammed Tarawneh, was invited to participate in the 61st session of the WHO regional committee for the WHO East Mediterranean region (EMRO) which was held in Tunis from 19-22 October 2014.
WONCA EMR meeting with Kuwait Society of Family Practice
October, 2014
In Kuwait, WONCA leaders, Dr Mohammed Tarawneh, WONCA East Mediterranean region president and Prof Nabil Kurashi, Immediate past WONCA East Mediterranean region president, had an official meeting with the Kuwait Society of Family Practice (KSFP) section of the Kuwait Medical Association (KMA).
WONCA at the WHO South Asia regional committee
September, 2014
Health Organization's (WHO) Regional committee for South East Asia (SEAR) was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from September 9-12, 2014. WONCA was represented by Professor Pratap Narayan Prasad, WONCA South Asia region (SAR) president.
EMR Meeting on Noncommunicable Diseases in Primary Health Care
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