WONCA EMR NEWS

WONCA EMR launches the first edition of its quarterly newsletter with interesting informationandupdatesfromtheregion

DearColleagues,Members,andFriends,

AsthisisthefirstnumberofourWONCAEMR newswhichwasadreamforus,Iherebysend abigThankYoutoallourcolleaguesfortheir work and effort to make it a reality. It is an extraordinary honor to lead our Wonca EMR and to be asked to write the first column I haveplentytosay,forthefirsttime,Ibelieve that we should document the history of our WONCAEMRandactivitiesduringlastyears

WONCAEMRcameintoexistenceinJuly2007

,during the Wonca Executive meeting in Singapore and professor Nabil Al Kurashi (KSA)wasselectedtoheadthedevelopment of the region followed by Dr. Mohamed El Tarawnh (Jordan) then prof. Jinan Usta (Lebanon)

AlRazimovementwasdevelopedinlate2013 for young and early career practitioners / FamilyMedicinephysiciansintheregion

WONCA`s EMR Vision Is ‘Health for All and a qualifiedFamilyDoctorforEveryFamily’

Current WONCA EMR members are: Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, UAE, Oman, Egypt,MoroccoAlgeria,Afghanistan,Kuwait, PalestineandIslamicRepublicofIran These 13 members represent many thousands of family doctors in the East Mediterranean region.

AlRazimovementwasdevelopedinlate2013 for young and early career practitioners / FamilyMedicinephysiciansintheregion.

As regards our activities we have an annual regional conference (7 congress editions till now) We have a regional research committee that conducted several workshops and produced two multicenter research papers published in European journal of general practice. Also, we celebrateWorldFamilyDoctorDayon19thof May every year individually and in joint activities Moreover, some of our member organizations hold their national conferencesonanannualbase AlRaziYoung doctor movement is dynamic in the region and engages many young physicians in its activities such as workshops for capacity building in research. WONCA EMR received Montegut Scholar Award to support family physicians to attend the regional and the world conferences for about 10 family physicians

We have a very strong collaborations with international agencies especially WHO. The outcomes of these collaborations are: OnLine Training programs for nurses and physiciansinEMRduring2021 andRegional Professional Diploma in Family Medicine in 2022

Iinviteyoutotakethatthefirststepandget involvedintheworkthatwedo Beactivein ourregion,joinouractivities,keepcomingto our conferences, and share your ideas and your energy with us We must all reinforce theroleoffamilymedicineinprovidinghigh quality primary care to all people in our region