Kumar Raman, Naseem Shehla, Jayatissa Jayantha, Adhikari Chhabi Lal, Aziz Tariq, Qureshi Riaz, Prasad Pratap Narayan, Randenikumara Sankha, Kumar Pratyush, Rahman Md Zakiur, Gupta Pramendra Prasad, Khan Md Kabir Ahmed, Perera Marian Antoinette, Boobna Vandana, Kaimal Resmi S, Kubendra Mohan, Tiwari Sanjeeb, Jawaid Hina, Samaranayaka Shyamalee, Andrades Marie, Madhwani Kishore Purshottam, Shah Pragnesh R
National President, Academy of Family Physicians of India, New Delhi, India, President WONCA - World Organization of Family Doctors, South Asia Region, India.
Secretary General, College of Family Medicine, Pakistan.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Apr 30;9(4):1795-1797. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_619_20. eCollection 2020 Apr.
The World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) is a not-for-profit organization and was founded in 1972 by member organizations in 18 countries. WONCA now has 118 Member Organizations in 131 countries and territories with a membership of about 500,000 family doctors and more than 90 percent of the world's population. WONCA has seven regions, each of which has its own regional Council and run their own regional activities including conferences. WONCA South Asia Region is constituted by the national academies and colleges and academic member organizations of this region namely India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and the Maldives. In the background of the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic, the office bearers, academic leaders, practitioners, and researchers of primary care from the South Asia Region have issued a solidarity statement articulating the role of primary care physicians.
世界家庭医生组织（WONCA）是一个非营利性组织，于1972年由18个国家的成员组织创立。WONCA目前在131个国家和地区拥有118个成员组织，成员包括约50万名家庭医生，覆盖全球90%以上的人口。WONCA有七个区域，每个区域都有自己的区域理事会，并开展包括会议在内的区域活动。WONCA南亚区域由该地区的国家科学院、学院和学术成员组织组成，即印度、巴基斯坦、孟加拉国、尼泊尔、斯里兰卡、不丹和马尔代夫。在新冠疫情持续的背景下，南亚区域的官员、学术领袖、从业者和基层医疗研究人员发表了一份团结声明，阐明了基层医疗医生的作用。
