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WONCA Europe

Acronym: WE

General Information

Identification Code: 049133647645-21
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Entity Form: non profit Foundation
Registration Category: Trade unions and professional associations
Registration Date: 9/15/2022
Last Update: 9/19/2023
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: WONCA Europe's aim is to improve the quality of life of people living in Europe through fostering high standards of care in Family Medicine. WONCA Europe fosters the advocacy of the values of Family Medicine in Europe: person-centered care, continuity of care, equity of care, community oriented care, science oriented care, professionalism in care (professional development, education and training) and coordination in care ( GPs collaborate across professions to provide coordinated care). WONCA Europe promotes professional development and research in and on general practice to all the GPs in the continent.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
  • Climate action
  • Communication
  • Education and training
  • Environment
  • European neighbourhood policy
  • Food safety
  • Humanitarian aid and civil protection
  • International co-operation and development
  • Migration and asylum
  • Public health
  • Regional policy
  • Research and innovation
  • Youth
Levels of Interest:
  • national
  • global
  • sub-national
  • european

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: WONCA Europe and the EU institutions have a common shared values to improve the quality of healthcare but also to improve the access to healthcare to the whole EU population. Primary health care (PHC) is a key stakeholder to address the population´s needs regarding the urgent health priorities in the EU (EU4Health Programme): 1) COVID-19. PHC was involved in nearly all steps of detection and management of COVID-19 cases in the EU. There is a need to provide all the medical examinations (phlebotomy, chest x-ray) and treatments available to COVID-19 patients in the community. 2) Cancer. PHC is the main setting where cancer is diagnosed and most importantly screened and early diagnosed. Investing in preventive care services in PHC is essential to detect and avoid the modifiable factors that favours cancer development. 90% of European citizens visit a GP every 3 years so we are in a privileged position to provide these services. The values of WONCA Europe are aligned with the other EU goals: Disease prevention & health promotion is a basic task of our medical specialty. We are the first line doctors to receive refugees and migrants’ patients so we are in a privileged position to analyze and promote international health initiatives. WONCA Europe has experience in working with national Health Ministries trough their national members to strengthen health systems and resource efficiency. Also, PHC works very cost-effectively, so that budgets are particularly profitable. Our experience can be very valuable in: 1) Working to improve access to healthcare to the whole populations especially vulnerable population.2) Advancing in health data, digital tools, digital transformation of healthcare. 3)Our WONCA Europe special groups work can share their knowledge with the EU to implement health legislation and evidence-based decision making. 4)As we are a European organization, we have national organization in all the EU countries so we are in a privileged position to integrate work among national health systems. Bringing together knowledge on approaches and organization in order to improve care in the different states of Europe could be a major saving in efforts and resources, where now each country is making these efforts on its own. Our proposals to cooperate with the EU institutions are: 1) Promoting EU legislation that protects PHC and their values (first medical contact, longitudinally, comprehensiveness and coordination) to achieve better health levels on the EU population including early cancer detection. 2)Investing in open PHC information systems to strengthen health systems. 3) Incorporating practicing GPs to the decision-making bodies in the EU institutions to design health strategies on a PHC level.4) The needed resources to provide a good quality of care in all the EU through GPs. The WHO calls on all countries to invest an additional 1% of the gross domestic product in primary care after the pandemic, however that recommendation has not been shared by the EU. The EU can certainly play a role in promoting a good quality care for European citizens through GPs and this exchange of knowledge and cooperation between WONCA Europe and EU could be beneficial for the population.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: Poljanski nasip 58
Post Code: 1000
City: Ljubljana
Country: SLOVENIA
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EU Office

Address: Poljanski nasip 58
Post Code: 1000
City: Ljubljana
Country: SLOVENIA
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Financial Data

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Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 1
Members F T E: 1
Info Members: We are an organization run by the voluntary work of all their members with the exception of the secretary who is hired full time

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: Membership Wonca Europe is a federation of 50 national members ( GP national associations), each national association is registered in their country https://www.woncaeurope.org/page/member-organisations Networks Networks European Academy of Teachers in General Practice/Family Medicine (EURACT) https://euract.woncaeurope.org European General Practice Research Network (EGPRN) https://www.egprn.org European Network for Prevention and Health Promotion in Family Medicine and General Practice (EUROPREV)https://europrev.woncaeurope.org The European Rural and Isolated Practitioners Association (EURIPA) https://euripa.woncaeurope.org The European Society for Quality and Safety in Family Practice (EQUIP) https://equip.woncaeurope.org The Vasco Da Gama Movement (VdgM) https://vdgm.woncaeurope.org Special Interest Groups European Primary Care Cardiovascular Society (EPCCS) https://ipccs.org General Practice Infectious diseases Network (GRIN) https://www.grinweb.org International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG)https://www.ipcrg.org Primary Care Allergy Interest Group (PCAIG) Primary Care Diabetes Europe (PCDE) https://www.pcdeurope.org The European Society for Primary Care Gastroenterology (ESPCG) https://www.espcg.eu