WONCA Europe Newsletter
February 2025
Editor's Preface
We are delighted to share with you the February edition of our newsletter.
You may find out about our Networks, SIGs and Working Parties’ activities, including: Highlights of the 99th EGPRN Meeting, an interview with 14th EURIPA Rural Health Forum’s Chair Alexander Bauer, and EYFDM News and Opportunities! and IPCRG newsletter.
As usual, our newsletter contains a summary of WONCA Europe (WE) Executive Board monthly meeting and other activities.
In addition, you may learn more about the new publication "Evidence-Based Recommendations to Improve Knowledge and One-to-One Communication on HPV Vaccination", developed through the EU4Health Project PROTECT-EUROPE, in collaboration with FISABIO and WONCA Europe.
Please do not miss our next Webinars “Enhancing Obesity Care: EASO & WONCA Europe Webinar for Family Doctors and Primary Care Physicians” on 3rd March 2025 and “Practical application of Lifestyle Medicine and Social Prescribing in daily clinical practice” on 6th March 2025.
Remember that our thought-provoking recent webinar WE talk "Who wants to work 27h a day? - Time Needed to Treat (TNT)" is still available on our webpage.
Please keep updated visiting our web page and follow us on our X (@WoncaEurope), Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Bluesky accounts.
On behalf of WONCA Europe Executive Board
Thomas Frese, President-elect
Jose M Bueno, EQuiP Member-at-large
WONCA Europe Newsletter Editors
President’s Corner
Dear Colleagues,
Europe will host this year's WONCA World Conference in Lisbon this September. Uniquely and differently from the past, the hosts are the Portuguese Association and WONCA Europe (WE) in collaboration. The entire WE EB, along with representatives from the Portuguese Association and other members from Europe and around the globe, are working on the organizational and scientific aspects of the conference.
On behalf of WONCA Europe, I'm the co-chair of the organizing committee, while the former president of WONCA Europe, Mehmet Ungan, co-chairs the scientific committee alongside other representatives from the Portuguese Association and WE. We have opened the registration for the conference and the website for submitting abstracts. We encourage our European colleagues to actively participate by submitting abstracts, engaging in the scientific review process, and serving as session chairs.
Moreover, we remain actively involved in numerous European projects under the EU, WHO, and other European scientific bodies.
Finally, we will soon announce a call for elections to the new EB and WE statutory committees, and we invite you to join us.
Yours,
Prof. Shlomo Vinker
President of WONCA Europe
News
An interview with Alexander Bauer, 14th EURIPA Rural Health Forum Scientific Committee chairAn interview with Alexander Bauer, 14th EURIPA Rural Health Forum Scientific Committee chair: "Rural Reformation: Meeting Wellbeing and Healthcare Needs in Rural Communities" Alexander Bauer is currently Research... |
Summary of the 21-23/02/2025 WONCA Europe Online EB MeetingThe WONCA Europe Executive Board met in Rome from February 21-23, discussing key topics such as finances, research projects, WONCA leadership nominations for 2025-2027, and other updates from WONCA World. Nominations are open for several... |
Why Attend the WONCA World Conference 2025?Why Attend the WONCA World Conference 2025? The WONCA World Conference 2025 is your chance to connect with global leaders in primary healthcare, gain cutting-edge insights, and be part of transformative discussions. Discover groundbreaking... |
Evidence-based recommendations to improve knowledge and one-to-one communication on HPV vaccinationNew Book Release! We are excited to present "Evidence-Based Recommendations to Improve Knowledge and One-to-One Communication on HPV Vaccination", developed through the PROTECT-EUROPE project, in collaboration with FISABIO and... |
WHO report on Compassion and Primary Health CareWONCA Europe is happy to announce the publication of a new WHO document which highlights the role of compassion in primary health... |
Highlights of the 99th EGPRN Meeting : "Mental Health Promotion and Prevention: Adjusting to the Changing World".The 99th Meeting of the European General Practice Research Network (EGPRN) was held 17-20 October in Budapest #EGPRNbudapest. The most important feature of this very productive meeting was the celebration of the 50th anniversary of... |
EYFDM News and Opportunities! 15/02/2025We are thrilled to announce that applications are now... |
Important Deadlines for CaReMeLo 2025 (Cardiovasculer Renal Metabolic Liver and Obesity Conferance)5 March 2025 Abstract Submission 20 March 2025 Early bird We invite clinicians, researchers, and professionals to submit abstracts for oral presentations at the CaReMeLO Conference, focusing on enhancing the role of primary... |
IPCRG January 2025 newsletter is out !IPCRG Research School 2025: join our introductory webinar We will run our latest Research School on implementation science studies in primary care on 12 April 2025 in Brasov, immediately after our... |
Upcoming Events
 Enhancing Obesity Care: EASO & WONCA Europe Webinar for Family Doctors and Primary Care Physicians 3 March 2025, Webinar |
 2025 European Forum on Prevention and Primary Care 5-6 March 2025, Zagreb, Croatia |
 Practical application of Lifestyle Medicine and Social Prescribing in daily clinical practice 6 March 2025, Webinar |
 EURACT Snowball Symposium: "Learning from Patients” 25 March 2025, Virtual |
 8th IPCRG Scientific Meeting 11-12 April 2025, Brașov, Romania |
 9th EYFDM Forum 2025 25-27 April 2025, Grande Région |
 66th EQuiP Conference 8-10 May 2025, Linz, Austria |
 100th EGPRN Meeting 8-11 May 2025, Gothenburg, Sweden |
 Cardiometabolic, Renal, Liver, and Obesity Conference (CaReMeLO 2025) 30-31 May 2025, Crowne Plaza Warsaw, Poland |
 IX. Conference of the Association of General Practice/Family Medicine South East Europe (AGPFMSEE) 5-8 June 2025, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
 14th EURIPA Rural Health Forum 26-28 June 2025, Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany |
 WONCA World Conference 2025 17-21 September 2025, Lisbon, Portugal |
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