Wonca E-Update February 2024

Welcome to WONCA News January February 2024!

Dear reader,

In this email you will find a summary of what’s inside the first WONCA News edition of 2024. WONCA News is best enjoyed as a PDF which you can access or download on Issuu.

In her column, WONCA President A/Prof Karen Flegg writes about a group of medical students trading city lights for rural landscapes and highlights the fantastic that the Young Doctors’ Movement (YDM) have been doing recently. Read here.
The Integration of Primary Care and Rehabilitation: The World Rehabilitation Alliance (WRA) is a World Health Organization (WHO) hosted global network of stakeholders whose mission is to support the implementation of the Rehabilitation 2030 Initiative through advocacy and networking activities.
Recommendations from a conversation with young family doctors from around the world: WONCA Women’s Working Party on Women and Family Medicine (WWPWFM) report their findings following a workshop with young doctors at WONCA Sydney 2023.
Global Family Violence Initiative Update: The campaign has been extended for a further 4 month and we are asking all our members and supporters to spread the word and share the link to donations within your networks.
A message from WONCA’s WHO liaison, Immediate Past President Anna Stavdal:
Are you interested in how WHO policy dialogues take place? Take the opportunity to participate in this open invitation for a discussion on Countermeasures against Pandemic Threats. Register by 19 Feb.
The title of the second webinar of our Human Factors Science series is “Creating a Manageable Cockpit for Clinicians – Fixing the Workplace, not the Worker”. The speaker will be Christine Sinsky MD, Vice-President, Professional Satisfaction, American Medical Association.
WONCA Polaris is currently seeking applicants for the PolaRISE mentorship programme. We highly encourage individuals from the North America region to apply, both as mentors and mentees.Interested? Email: woncapolaris@gmail.com

Looking ahead to WONCA Conferences in 2024

WONCA South Asia Region Conference: Colombo, Sri Lanka. 3 – 5 May 2024.
8th WONCA Africa Region Conference: Nairobi, Kenya. 5 – 8 June 2024.
WONCA Asia Pacific Conference: Singapore. 21 – 24 August 2024.
WONCA Rural – Ubuntu 2024: Cape Town, South Africa. 10 – 13 Sep 2024.
29th WONCA Europe Conference: Dublin, Ireland. 25 – 28 September 2024.
8th WONCA East Mediterranean Conference 2024: TBC. October 2024.
WONCA Iberoamericana – CIMF Regional Conference 2024:
Panama City, Panama. 24 – 26 October 2024.

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Have a nice week!

Diarmuid Hayes
WONCA Communications Officer
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