The World Health Organisation's Global Strategy and Action Plan on Oral Health: A Collaborative Response From Oral Health Professionals' Education Associations
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The World Health Organisation (WHO) resolution on Oral Health in 2021 quickly led to the development of a strategy for improving global oral health with specific targets and timelines set for 2030. As a result, oral health education associations in the United States and Europe took the lead to engage partner organisations and educational associations across the globe in defining collaborative actions aligned with the many content and impact areas this will have on oral health professsionals' education. The identified areas of general educational consensus by the associations can then be translated into actions that are economical and easily implemented in various regions based on resources available per region or country. Oral health education can thus support and advance the WHO Action Plan broadly through these defined activities thereby contributing to increasing awareness of the value of oral health to the world's population.
DOI: 10.1111/eje.70014
Authors: Denis Murphy, Maria‐Cristina Manzanares Cespedes, Brian O'Connell, Corrado Paganelli, K. P. West, Ana Lopez Fuentes, P. Yelick, J. Rethman, A. Wintergerst, Waranuch Pitiphat, C. Fox, G. Chadwick, Marsha A. Pyle
Institutions: Dublin Dental University Hospital, Association for Dental Education in Europe, Universitat de Barcelona, Trinity College Dublin, University of Brescia, American Dental Education Association, University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras, Tufts University, International Federation of Dental Hygienists, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Khon Kaen University, East Carolina University
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,330
OpenAlex ID: W4412521060