WONCA Europe president, Prof Shlomo Vinker, attended WONCA Executive committee second in-person meeting, hosted the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) in London, 29/09/2024.
They were also joined by John Fogarty, Primary Care Service Lead at the World Health Organisation (WHO) who is designated technical officer of WONCA in the WHO.
Discussions focused on the WHO-WONCA collaboration plan for 2025-2027, strengthening progress toward Universal Health Coverage (UHC) through a primary care approach, and deepening relations with WHO across WONCA regions.
Professor Shlomo Vinker noted that WONCA Europe was represented in the 73rd session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe. At this meeting, Prof Zalika Klemenc Ketiš delivered a statement “Shortage of European primary care workforce,” co-signed by a significant number of other European NGOs with an interest in this topic.
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