WONCA MEETINGS AT THE 76TH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY

On the occasion of the 76th World Health Assembly, WONCA President Anna Stavdal, CEOHarrisLygidakis,andExecutiveMember at Large and WHO Liaison, Prof Val Wass participatedinaseriesofstrategicmeetings with WHO experts and representatives of other civil society organizations that have collaborative relationships with WONCA, to explore and identify potential areas of collaboration.

WONCA also hosted a side event in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of Indonesia the World Health Organization (WHO),andtheBesrourCentretodiscussthe transformation of primary care and the crucial role of family medicine in enabling integratedprimaryhealthservices Theevent aimedtohighlighttheeffortsundertakenby Indonesia and other countries to reorient its healthcare model towards a primary healthcare and people-centred approach Readmorehere.

Duringtheirvisit,theWONCAdelegationheld meetings with Dr Geneviève Moineau and Professor Ricardo León-Borquez from the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME), Lucía Pérez Gómez from the InternationalFederationofMedicalStudents Associations (IFMSA), Dr Pamela Cipriano, President of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) and ICN CEO Howard Catton; and Prof Bettina Borisch, Executive Director of the World Federation of Public Health Associations(WFPHA).

WONCA President, Dr Anna Stavdal also met leaders from the WHO, Dr Bente Mikkelsen, directorofthedivisionofNoncommunicable DiseasesatWHO, Dr Slim Slama, unit leader at the NCDs Department, Alarcos Cieza, responsiblefortheVision,Audition,Disability and Rehabilitation Department, to discuss the pivotal role of family doctors in combating Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs)

Duringthesecondandthirddayofactivities, the delegation from WONCA had the opportunity to participate in significant meetingswithkeyWorldHealthOrganization (WHO) experts Among them were Dr Jim Campbell,theHealthWorkforceDirector,and DrJohnFogarty,theWHOofficerresponsible for Integrated Health Services, Clinical Services,andSystems

These meetings served as crucial points of connection between WONCA and the WHO, facilitating important discussions and collaborationsbetweentheorganizations.