East Mediterranean

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

May, 2014

Prof Faisal Al Nasir of Bahrain recently attended the WHO East Mediterranean region consultation meeting on Workers’ Health on behalf of the WONCA.

March, 2014

WONCA East Mediterranean Region had an important meeting with WHO EMRO in January 2014,

February, 2014

Find out more about the newly launched Al Razi movement for young family doctors in the East Mediterranean region.

November, 2013

WONCA EMR Executive Members received a formal invitation to attend the WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean 60th Session.

September, 2013

WONCA East Mediterranean region president Dr Mohammed Tarawneh, reports on a meeting in Qatar.

July, 2013

WONCA EMR has new office bearers and some photos of recent meetings for member interest

August, 2012

Elections have taken place in Jordan and Iraq for new board members of the family medicine society in each country.

February, 2012

The first Wonca Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR) conference was held, in Dubai, in December 2011. It was widely attended by participants from the around the world and across the region.

February, 2012

On Thursday, January 12, 2012, the Wonca Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR) president, Prof Nabil Kurashi, and general secretary, Dr Oraib Alsmadi, in collaboration with Dr Taghreed Farahat, the president of Egyptian Society of Family Medicine; conducted a meeting in Cairo on the ICPC concept, structure and use in primary health care.