World Medical Association

World Medical Association

The World Medical Association (WMA)is an international and independent confederation of free professional Medical Associations, therefore representing physicians worldwide. WMA was formally established on September 18, 1947 and had grown in 2011 to 97 National Medical Associations and more than 10 million physicians .

The WMA provides a forum for its member associations to communicate freely, to co-operate actively, to achieve consensus on high standards of medical ethics and professional competence and to promote the professional freedom of physicians worldwide.

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