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150th Session of WHO’s Executive Board (EB150) agenda item 7 on NCDs — (c) Draft global strategy on oral health

158th Session of WHO Executive Board (EB158)

Provisional agenda item 6: Follow-up to the political declaration of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases
 

The report draws on more than a decade of practice-based data collected from over 10,000 patients across 12+ countries. It demonstrates how point-of-care oral health data can inform policy dialogue, research, and advocacy. 

This policy brief highlights associations between oral diseases and NCDs, and provides recommendations for their prevention and control.

Lifelong oral health aims to maintain good oral health and an optimal quality of life through oral health promotion, risk assessment, disease prevention, early diagnosis, and intervention at all stages of life.

This advocacy guide provides a strategy to drive effective action. It draws on more than a decade of research and advocacy from the OHAP Project, including guidance on care delivery, peer-reviewed studies, and practical tools and resources.

The goal of this publication is to describe how industry, especially by engaging in multistakeholder collaborations, can effectively help accelerate the delivery of optimal oral health for all.

This ‘how-to-toolkit’ highlights strategies that can be implemented to leverage all the significant developments in the global oral health policy landscape. Read the toolkit to see how on-the-ground advocacy can – and needs to – capitalize on this to ensure change takes place in your country.

The purpose of this resource is to guide educational institutions and senior leadership in shaping and promoting policies around oral health, dental education, and systemic advocacy.

The impact of school oral health programmes on children’s knowledge, behaviour and oral health.

The brochure looks at the key milestones and results over the 10 years of the programme partnership, and importantly, looking ahead at what is to come in a continuation of the campaign for improved oral health.

The Brush Day & Night brochure includes the executive summary of the International Dental Journal supplement and an infographic, illustrating key facts about the methodology of the programme and the positive results of Phase III.

This Advocacy Toolkit assists national dental associations (NDAs) in shaping initiatives focused on policy implementation for the prevention and management of dental caries, also referred to as tooth decay.

This chairside guide advises clinicians on restorative interventions with their patients. It is a visual support to the White Paper on Dental Caries Prevention and Management, with easy-to-follow guidelines suitable for the dental practice.