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Integrating Oral Health with Non‐Communicable Diseases as an Essential Component of General Health: WHO's Strategic Orientation for the African Region
Author(s) -
Varenne Benoit
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1930-7837
pISSN - 0022-0337
DOI - 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2015.79.5suppl.tb05926.x
Subject(s) - component (thermodynamics) , orientation (vector space) , oral health , non communicable disease , environmental health , medicine , public health , family medicine , nursing , mathematics , physics , geometry , thermodynamics
In the context of the emerging recognition of non‐communicable diseases (NCDs), it has never been more timely to explore the World Health Organization (WHO) strategic orientations on oral health in the WHO African region and to raise awareness of a turning point in the search for better oral health for everyone. The global initiative against NCDs provides a unique opportunity for the oral health community to develop innovative policies for better recognition of oral health, as well as to directly contribute to the fight against NCDs and their risk factors. The WHO African region has led the way in developing the first regional oral health strategy for the prevention and control of oral diseases integrated with NCDs. The support of the international oral health community in this endeavor is urgently needed for making a success story of this initiative of integrating oral health into NCDs.