Feature Stories

WONCA joins meeting on Primary Health Care for UHC

December, 2022

WONCA President, Dr Anna Stavdal, Prof Taghreed Farahat, WONCA EMR president, and Dr Nagwa Nashat WONCA EMR Honorary Secretary joined the event during the sessions on the 14 and 15 December 2022

UHCDay: Build the world we want. A healthy future for all

December, 2022

On 12 December, WONCA joined Universal Health Coverage Day with a social media campaign that included several videos and quotes from our colleagues and members of the WONCA family to demand action on universal health coverage and invest in health systems and primary healthcare for all.

Inaugural webinar of Primary Care Asia series held in support of World Mental Health Day

December, 2022

Around 250 doctors from Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines attended a #webinar on “Optimizing Mental Health Management in Primary Care” on October 13th.

Astana Declaration Anniversary 2022

November, 2022

Young Doctors’ commitment towards Primary Health Care

WONCA visits Sydney

November, 2022

WONCA CEO, Dr Harris Lygidakis, and Associate Professor Bohumil Seifert, Chair of the WONCA 2013 Prague Conference, visited Sydney, Australia, where the WONCA World Conference will take place on 26 – 29 October 2023

WONCA 2023 in Sydney will be the conference of your career

November, 2022

WONCA 2023 is less than a year away. I am looking forward to working with my committee to make it the most exciting and transformative conference in your career. - Professor Mark Morgan, Conference Scientific Committee Chair,

Astana Declaration Anniversary 2022

October, 2022

The Global Conference on Primary Health Care in Astana, Kazakhstan in October 2018 endorsed a new declaration emphasizing the critical role of primary health care around the world

WONCA joins World Mental Health Day 2022

October, 2022

WONCA joined the celebrations of World Mental Health Day 2022, an important date to re-kindle our efforts to protect and improve mental health.

WONCA accreditation to Clinical Masters of the AGU

October, 2022

The Arabian Gulf University (AGU), supported by the Bahrain Government and the Supreme Council of Health (SCH), successfully completed the two-year Clinical Masters in Family Medicine (CMFM). The programme has also been granted WONCA accreditation after meeting WONCA’s Global Standards for Postgraduate Family Medicine Education.

WONCA President joins the Congress of Delegates of the AAFP

September, 2022

WONCA President, Dr Anna Stavdal attended multiple sessions of the Family Medicine Experience 2022, Global Health roundtables, networking sessions and panels led by north American colleagues and members of WONCA

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