On November 13 we had the pleasure to welcome 18 members of the Norwegian Medical Association, who came for a 3-day visit to Geneva.
Among the delegation were the NMA's President Dr. Hans Kristian Bakke, Vice-President Dr.Yngve Mikkelsen and NMA's Secretary General, Dr. Magne Mylena.
A presentation was given by the WMA Secretariat to explain the Policy Procedure to issue the Handbook of Declarations which is the record of WMA's stance on a variety of questions related to medical ethics, medical education, socio-medical affairs and medical topics generally.
During their visit to Geneva the Norwegian delegation had the opportunity to meet with Dr.Gro Harlem Brundtland, WHO's Director-General.

For a period of three months Mr. Bjorn Hoftvedt, from the Norwegian Medical Association, worked at the WMA office on human rights issues. This was thanks to a fellowship grant offered by the Norwegian Medical Association. Mr. Hoftvedt worked on the development of an online educational programme for prison physicians. This programme will be available for physicians all over the world, and the WMA will be its main distributor. (See Human Rights link - prison physicians)

We were happy to welcome our new WMA President. During this visit Dr. Myllymaki met with Dr. Pekka Puska at WHO Headquarters, which is only a few kilometres away from our office.

Dr. Mikhailov came for a 3-day visit to meet with Dr. Human in order to discuss various issues of concern regarding the current medical situation in the Russian Federation.