Position statement PRICOV endorsed by EQuIP

   Position paper   Moving Forward After the COVID-19 Pandemic:  Lessons Learned in Primary Care  The Covid-19 pandemic presented a significant challenge to primary care (PC), its organization, the  people working in it, and its interfaces with the w...

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THE EUROPEAN DEFINITION OF GENERAL PRACTICE / FAMILY MEDICINE. WONCA EUROPE 2023 Edition

THE EUROPEAN DEFINITION  OF  GENERAL PRACTICE / FAMILY MEDICINE WONCA EUROPE 2023 Edition THE EUROPEAN DEFINITION OF   GENERAL PRACTICE / FAMILY MEDICINE  WONCA EUROPE 2023 Edition  THE WONCA TREE – AS PRODUCED BY THE SWISS COLLEGE OF PRIMARY ...

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WONCA Europe 2023 Brussels: Shortage of European Primary Health Care Workforce Statement

Excessive workload, early burnout, and the shortage of the primary care workforce are interconnected factors representing the most formidable challenge of the near future. The complexity of the shortage of doctors and other healthcare professionals in European primary care necessitates a comprehe...

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WONCA Europe Recommendation on Qualifications for General Practice/Family Medicine Academic Posts in the Universities and Academic Units

By World Organization of Family Doctors Region-Europe (WONCA Europe) WONCA Europe aims to provide evidence and guidance to Decision Makers, Rectors, Deans, Department Heads, Academic Administrators and to those others responsible for recruiting academic staff for GP/...

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WONCA Europe Recommendation on the role of Primary Health in the care for patients with chronic respiratory diseases

Background Nearly 200 million people (4% of the world’s population) have COPD, and 3.2 million die of it each year, making it the third leading cause of death worldwide, and probably significantly under-counted due to under- or mis-diagnosis.  Asthma affects more than 350 million pe...

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WONCA EUROPE STATEMENT FOR THE 73rd SESSION OF THE WHO REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR EUROPE SHORTAGE OF EUROPEAN PRIMARY CARE WORKFORCE

  WONCA EUROPE STATEMENT FOR THE 73rd SESSION OF THE WHO REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR  EUROPE  SHORTAGE OF EUROPEAN PRIMARY CARE WORKFORCE  The interconnected challenges of excessive workload, premature burnout, and a shortage of primary care  personnel represe...

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