Newsletter: May 2015

2015 es un año clave en la salud mundial, pues los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio llegan a su fin. La Naciones Unidas han desarrollado los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible y las metas, u ODS, que guiarán la agenda mundial de desarrollo post-2015.

2015 is a landmark year in global health as the Millennium Development Goals come to an end. The United Nation has developed the Sustainable Development Goals and targets, or SDGs, which will guide the global development agenda post-2015.

This week has seen a horrific earthquake in Nepal. The WONCA President has sent a message of concern and support to colleagues in the disaster zone.

The WONCA CEO reports from the Africa region conference in Accra on recent travels to Dubrovnik and Dubai. He also reminds us that Family Doctor Day comes on May 19 and how to help our colleagues in Nepal.

At the WONCA World Rural Health Conference in Dubrovnik we made the first presentations of stories of some of your rural heroes. Two of those stories are shared this month in WONCA News - Dr Andrija Štampar and Dr John MacLeod.

The WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice is holding the WONCA World Rural Health conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia this week. Welcome messages were given by the WONCA President and also WONCA Europe Vice President, Anna Stavdal.

An abridged letter from Prof Gabby Ivbijaro on the outcomes of the recent conference held in Lille France 28-30 April 2015 where WONCA was represented by Job Metsemakers, Nabil Kurashi and Luis Galvez.

The WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice met over two days before the beginning of the WONCA World Rural Health Conference in Dubrovnik in April 2015. People from all over the world, movers and shakers in rural health education, research and in health service provision, many jobbing doctors, trainees and students took part in two meetings

WONCA Europe region's conference this year is in Istanbul in October. abstract submission closes May 22 and early bird registration close on June 22. Mehmet Ungan writes more about the conference.

The WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice is holding the WONCA World Rural Health conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia this week. Welcome messages were given by the WONCA President and also WONCA Europe Vice President, Anna Stavdal.

Today my country goes to the polls. During the last government, we had a major health service reform, with a new ‘market’ model where more services could be contracted with private providers; family medicine doctors were tasked to manage the budget to buy services from the hospital and referral centres: and large scale reorganisation occurred, within the context of a taxation funded public health service

Al final, la buena atención primaria de salud que ofrecemos a las personas mayores refleja el valor que damos a nuestros mayores; el retorno que ofrecemos por su contribución y los recursos que todavía nos brindan. Es una prueba de las sociedades civilizadas, un imperativo moral y lo que esperamos para nosotros mismos en nuestra vejez.

An abridged letter from Prof Gabby Ivbijaro on the outcomes of the recent conference held in Lille France 28-30 April 2015 where WONCA was represented by Job Metsemakers, Nabil Kurashi and Luis Galvez.

The WONCA Working Party on Informatics has changed its name to WONCA Working Party on eHealth (WWPEH). The new name reflects the wider scope of electronic tools, services and electronic health record functionalities.

The WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice met over two days before the beginning of the WONCA World Rural Health Conference in Dubrovnik in April 2015. People from all over the world, movers and shakers in rural health education, research and in health service provision, many jobbing doctors, trainees and students took part in two meetings

Elsewhere we report on the launch of the Rural Heroes Project in April, in Dubrovnik. Are you a rural hero too?? ... take the Rural Health Hero test designed by Jo Scott-Jones of New Zealand.

At the WONCA World Rural Health Conference in Dubrovnik we made the first presentations of stories of some of your rural heroes. Two of those stories are shared this month in WONCA News - Dr Andrija Štampar and Dr John MacLeod.

The WONCA Working Party on Rural Practice is holding the WONCA World Rural Health conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia this week. Welcome messages were given by the WONCA President and also WONCA Europe Vice President, Anna Stavdal.

As recently as January 2015, WONCA Executive approved the formation of a new WONCA Special Interest Group on Conflict & Catastrophe Medicine. Convenor, Rich Withnall, has shared this message about the Nepal disaster and invited interested family doctors to join the new group.

The WONCA Special Interest Group on Family Violence launches an invitation to WONCA members, all colleges and academies to join its reflection on effective implementation on how to deal with family violence in primary health care.

Young Family Medicine doctors left their mark at the 4th Iberoamerican Conference of Family and Community Medicine... The outcomes of this event were elaborated in the Waynakay Declaration.

Con gran entusiasmo y dinamismo se llevo a cabo la participación de los jóvenes médicos familiares en el marco del 4º Congreso Iberoamericano de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria ... durante este espacio, se elaboró colectivamente la Declaración de Waynakay;

WONCA Europe region's conference this year is in Istanbul in October. abstract submission closes May 22 and early bird registration close on June 22. Mehmet Ungan writes more about the conference.