WONCA

The Asia Pacific Regional Conference of the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA) 2014 was held at the Borneo Convention Centre from 21-24 May 2014. The Malaysian Urological Association (MUA) head by Mr Teh Guan Chou, together with the Malaysian Society of Andrology and the Study of the Aging Male (MSASAM) presided by Prof Dr Zulkifli Md Zainuddin, for the first time, collaborated with the International Society of Men's Health (ISMH) in hosting the section on Men's Health from the 22-23 May. Denise L Castetter represented the President of the ISMH by giving the opening speech. Prof Dr Alan White from Leeds University then started off with a plenary on Men's Health in the World - The Way Forward. This was followed by a symposium on Prostate Cancer. The speakers were Prof Kitagawa Yasuhide from Kanazawa University, Prof Ong Teik Aik from University Malaya and Prof Dr Johannes Vieweg from University of Florida. 

A workshop on Communications Skill in Men's Sexual Dysfunction was co-chaired by Mr Clarence Lei (Norma Medical Specialist Centre, Kuching) and Prof Dr Michael Zitzmann (University of Muenster, Germany) and was well attended. In the afternoon, Prof Alan White again gave a plenary talk on Training Family Doctors in Men's Health. Next was the symposium on Sexual Medicine chaired by Prof Dr Azad (Universiti Malaya) with talks delivered by Prof Christopher Ho (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia), Prof Eric Chung (Princess Alexandria Hospital, Australia), Prof Michael Zitzmann and Mr Clarence Lei. The day ended with a talk on counterfeit PDE5 inhibitors by Prof George Lee (Gleneagles Hospital, KL).  The following day, Prof Alan White, Prof Dato Dr Tan Hui Meng (Sime Darby Medical Centre, KL) and Prof Johannes Vieweg spoke on the European, Asian and American Men's Health Reports during the Men’s Health & Aging – The Global Perspective symposium. 

Overall, the symposiums, plenaries and workshop received great response with good participation from the family doctors who showed keen interest in men's health. This collaboration should be continued and expanded in the future.