Oral Health | search
Click here to view Oral Health news from 60+ newspapers.
Bookmark or Share- WHO highlights oral health neglect affecting nearly half of the world’s ...A new Global Oral Health Status Report published today by the World Health Organization (WHO) provides the first-ever comprehensive picture of oral disease burden with data profiles for 194 countries, giving unique insights into key areas and markers of oral health that are relevant for decision-makers.
- WHO releases Global strategy and action plan on oral health26 May 2024. Departmental update. Reading time: 2 min (505 words) A new document, Global strategy and action plan on oral health 2023–2030, has been released by the World Health Organization (WHO) containing the complete set of policies that define WHO’s global oral health agenda towards 2030. Together, these policy documents lay out the ...
- Oral healthOral health is a key indicator of overall health, well-being and quality of life. It encompasses a range of diseases and conditions that include dental caries, Periodontal disease, Tooth loss, Oral cancer, Oral manifestations of HIV infection, Oro-dental trauma, Noma and birth defects such as cleft lip and palate. The Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 estimated that oral diseases affect 3.5 ...
- Oral health data portal - World Health Organization (WHO)The World Health Assembly approved a .pdf">Resolution on oral health in 2021, which affirms that oral health should be firmly embedded within the NCD agenda and that oral health-care interventions should be included in universal health coverage programs. This resolution on oral health requested WHO to translate the Global Strategy on Oral Health A75/10 Add.1 into an action ...
- Global oral health status report - World Health Organization (WHO)Oral health is integral to general health and supports individuals participating in society to achieve their potential. Yet oral diseases are the most widespread noncommunicable diseases affecting almost half of the world’s population (45% or 3.5 billion people worldwide) over the life course from early life to old age.
More
