The first face-to-face WONCA Asia Pacific Regional Conference was held in Bali from December 5 to 7, 2022 since COVID-19 pandemic started. Dr Mya Win Hnit, a faculty of Myanmar Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) attended the WONCA APR Bali Conference as the only delegate from Myanmar.

The Myanmar Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP), in cooperation with the General Practitioners’ Society, and with the generous support of the Shin Kong Life Foundation and Shin Kong Hospital, were pleased to present a Continuing Medical Education webinar for primary care doctors to discuss the evolving landscape of COVID-19 management.

As many family doctor organizations around the world were celebrating the World Family Doctor Day (WFDD)2022 on May 19, MAFP organized a webinar for Myanmar family doctors to participate in this auspicious event same day.

The first batch of patient information flyers were published by the Patient Empowerment Program of MAFP. These flyers carry the comprehensive information on Coronary Artery Disease, DASH Diet, Gout and Low-Purine Diet, and G6PD Deficiency.

As Myanmar is facing a substantial growth of COVID-19 cases, the general practitioners are again bracing themselves to put down the impact of the pandemic at the grass root level.

The MAFP is working with other societies or institutions which have objectives similar to or compatible with its own. Z-waka is an IT company which is trying to enable clinics in low resource settings to provide affordable quality healthcare through practice management tools including Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.

The objective of this project is to hasten the readiness of the patients for more participatory clinical management, and to happen effective shared-decision making processes between doctors and patients.

Shin Kong Life Foundation, Taiwan, donated 10-Liter Oxygen concentrators to MAFP to be used in treating COVID-19 patients.

At the wake of the COVID-19 third wave, Myanmar general practitioners are taking responsibility to provide care to the community more than ever. Both public and private medical task forces are facing unprecedented challenges under current political turmoil and chronicity of the pandemic.

MAFP collaborated with General Practitioners’ Society in delivering Telemedicine service to 51 townships in Yangon and other divisions. From October 1 until now, 3843 teleconsultations were provided to the patients who have either Covid-related or non-Covid related health problems.