Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care (Jan 2020)

A Statement of Solidarity on COVID-19 Pandemic 2020 by the South Asian Family Physicians

  • Raman Kumar,
  • Shehla Naseem,
  • Jayantha Jayatissa,
  • Chhabi Lal Adhikari,
  • Tariq Aziz,
  • Riaz Qureshi,
  • Pratap Narayan Prasad,
  • Sankha Randenikumara,
  • Pratyush Kumar,
  • Md Zakiur Rahman,
  • Pramendra Prasad Gupta,
  • Md Kabir Ahmed Khan,
  • Marian Antoinette Perera,
  • Vandana Boobna,
  • Resmi S Kaimal,
  • Mohan Kubendra,
  • Sanjeeb Tiwari,
  • Hina Jawaid,
  • Shyamalee Samaranayaka,
  • Marie Andrades,
  • Kishore Purshottam Madhwani,
  • Pragnesh R Shah

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_619_20
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 4
pp. 1795 – 1797

Abstract

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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.

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