3rd Biennial Conference of the ASEAN Region Primary Care Physicians Organization and 52nd Anniversary and Annual Convention of the Philippine Academy of Family Physicians

Gatekeeping model central to primary care across region

The gatekeeping model was a common theme among the presentations of Datin Dr. Noraslinah of the Ministry of Health in Brunei Darussalam, Dr. Zorayda Leopando of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of the Philippines College of Medicine and Dr. Somjit Prueksaritanond of the Royal College of Family Physicians of Thailand regarding their respective countries’ experiences at implementing primary care during the conference.

Family-oriented primary care underappreciated in Vietnam