Open AccessA Statement of Solidarity on COVID-19 Pandemic 2020 by the South Asian Family Physicians
Author(s) -
Raman Kumar,
Shehla Naseem,
J. Jayatissa,
Chhabi Lal Adhikari,
Tariq Aziz,
Riaz Qureshı,
Pratap Narayan Prasad,
Sankha Randenikumara,
P. Ganesh Kumar,
Zakiur Rahman,
P. P. Gupta,
Kabir Ahmed Khan,
M. A. K. Perera,
Vandana Boobna,
Resmi S Kaimal,
Mohan Kubendra,
Sanjeeb Tiwari,
Hina Jawaid,
Shyamalee Samaranayaka,
Marie Andrades,
Kishore P Madhwani,
Pragnesh R Shah
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_619_20
Subject(s) - solidarity , pandemic , medicine , economic growth , covid-19 , family member , population , south asia , socioeconomics , family medicine , political science , politics , law , sociology , environmental health , ethnology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , pathology , economics
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.