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WONCA World
WONCA is an acronym comprising the first five initials of the World Organization of National Colleges, Academies, and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians. The short name is the World Organization of Family Doctors. WONCA was established by 18 members in 1972. It comprises 122 member organizations in 102 countries, with more than 500,000 family doctors.
WONCA Europe
The European Regional Branch, WONCA Europe, is Europe's academic and scientific society for general practice/family medicine. We represent 47 member organizations and more than 100,000 family doctors in Europe.
Our mission is to facilitate professional development and research in and on general practice and on the premises of general practice by providing a forum for the exchange of knowledge and information, supporting the development of the academic organizations in our discipline, and working on and advocating for, educational, research and service provision activities of family doctors.
- WONCA Europe runs the European Journal of General Practice – A Q1 journal in its discipline.
- WONCA Europe has 6 Networks
- European Academy of Teachers in General Practice/Family Medicine (EURACT)
- European General Practice Research Network (EGPRN)
- European Network for Prevention and Health Promotion in Family Medicine and General Practice (EUROPREV)
- The European Rural and Isolated Practitioners Association (EURIPA)
- The European Society for Quality and Safety in Family Practice (EQUIP)
- European Young Family Doctors Movement (EYFDM)
- WONCA Europe has 8 Special Interest Groups
- European Primary Care Cardiovascular Society (EPCCS)
- General Practice Infectious Diseases Network (GRIN)
- International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG)
- Primary Care Allergy Interest Group (PCAIG)
- Primary Care Diabetes Europe (PCDE)
- The European Society for Primary Care Gastroenterology (ESPCG)
- Social Prescribing and Community Orientation Group
- Lifestyle Medicine Group
Prof. Shlomo Vinker MD MHA, President WONCA Europe
- Full Professor in Family Medicine, associate Dean for community teaching, and former Chair of the Department of Family Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv. Published more than 250 research papers in peer-reviewed medical journals cited in PubMed.
- WONCA EUROPE - Member at large(2016-2019), President Elect(2019-2021), President(2021-)
- EGPRN - Executive board member (2015-2022), and educational committee chair (2018-2022).
- IAFP (The Israeli Association of Family Physicians) – Chairman (2009-2018), honorary treasurer (2018-).
- Leumit Health Services - Chief Medical Officer (2015-) of a nationwide healthcare organization in Israel. Leumit research institute founder and president (2018-).