WONCA is an unusual, yet convenient acronym comprising the first five initials of the World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians, this association with some 500,000 members states on its web site.
The Croatian Coordination of Family Physicians - KoHOM - helped organised the event in Dubrovnik.
The organising committee chairwoman, Tanja Pekez Pavlisko, told a news conference in the southernmost Croatian coastal city that participants from Europe, Australia, Korea, Japan , the USA and Canada had arrived for this conference that will run through 18 April, under the auspices of Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, the national parliament and the health ministry.