World Organization of Family Doctors

WONCA's mission is to improve the quality of life of the people of the world through high standards of care in general practice/family medicine.

WONCA supports a number of Working Parties, Special Interest Groups, and Young Doctors Movements.

There are currently 11 Working Parties, including Education, Research, Quality Care, and Classification, and ten Special Interest Groups.

Young Doctors Movements include "Vasco da Gama" in Europe; "Rajakumar" in Asia Pacific; "Spice Route" in South Asia; "Waynakay" in Iberoamericana; "AfriWON" in Africa; "Al Razi" in Eastern Mediterranean and "Polaris" in North America.

The acronym WONCA is derived from the first five initials of the World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations of General Practitioners/Family Physicians.