World Family Medical Association Urges Korea to Strengthen Primary Care...Need to expand investment, etc
Apr 28, 2025
With the opening of the World Family Medical Association Asia-Pacific International Conference 'WONCA APR 2025' in Busan, special policy sessions and international joint statements urging strengthening of primary care in Korea were announced one after another
At the policy session held on the 26th, discussions were intensively held to promote the enactment of the 「Special Act on Strengthening Primary Health Care」. National Assembly members Nam In-soon and Cha Ji-ho (Democratic Party of Korea), In Yo-han (People's Power), Seoul National University Professor Jung Eun-kyung and Professor Cho Bi-ryong participated as speakers to point out the problems of the hospital-centered medical system and suggest ways to strengthen the primary medical foundation to overcome them.
The speakers emphasized the need to foster primary medical institutions, establish a fair compensation system, reorganize the medical delivery system, introduce a family doctor system, and establish a multidisciplinary team-based treatment system, and presented specific policy alternatives to address health inequality caused by super-aging and regional extinction.
In particular, this session was a place to re-examine the strategic value of primary care and the need for social investment in the current situation where the importance of rapid aging and chronic disease management is highlighted.
At the WONCA APR conference on this day, an international joint statement was issued on the 22nd under the theme of 'Enhancing Korea's Primary Medical Care and Supporting the Medical Sector' adopted by the WONCA Asia-Pacific Regional Council. Emphasizing the importance of family medicine specialists, the statement urged the government and health care leaders to strengthen prevention-oriented care, strengthen community-based health care services, and expand investment in primary care.
In addition, he expressed deep concern about the recent tensions between the Korean medical community and the government, and said that public health should be improved through open and respectful dialogue.
Meanwhile, about 1,500 primary medical experts from 51 countries participated in the WONCA APR 2025 Busan Conference, which was held from the 24th, to discuss various global health agendas such as aging, digital healthcare, health equity, chronic diseases, and climate crisis.
At the policy session held on the 26th, discussions were intensively held to promote the enactment of the 「Special Act on Strengthening Primary Health Care」. National Assembly members Nam In-soon and Cha Ji-ho (Democratic Party of Korea), In Yo-han (People's Power), Seoul National University Professor Jung Eun-kyung and Professor Cho Bi-ryong participated as speakers to point out the problems of the hospital-centered medical system and suggest ways to strengthen the primary medical foundation to overcome them.
The speakers emphasized the need to foster primary medical institutions, establish a fair compensation system, reorganize the medical delivery system, introduce a family doctor system, and establish a multidisciplinary team-based treatment system, and presented specific policy alternatives to address health inequality caused by super-aging and regional extinction.
In particular, this session was a place to re-examine the strategic value of primary care and the need for social investment in the current situation where the importance of rapid aging and chronic disease management is highlighted.
At the WONCA APR conference on this day, an international joint statement was issued on the 22nd under the theme of 'Enhancing Korea's Primary Medical Care and Supporting the Medical Sector' adopted by the WONCA Asia-Pacific Regional Council. Emphasizing the importance of family medicine specialists, the statement urged the government and health care leaders to strengthen prevention-oriented care, strengthen community-based health care services, and expand investment in primary care.
In addition, he expressed deep concern about the recent tensions between the Korean medical community and the government, and said that public health should be improved through open and respectful dialogue.
Meanwhile, about 1,500 primary medical experts from 51 countries participated in the WONCA APR 2025 Busan Conference, which was held from the 24th, to discuss various global health agendas such as aging, digital healthcare, health equity, chronic diseases, and climate crisis.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
