The World Health Organisation's Global Strategy and Action Plan on Oral Health: A Collaborative Response From Oral Health Professionals' Education Associations
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.
Authors
- Waranuch Pitiphat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6628-0306)
- Marsha A. Pyle
- María Cristina Manzanares‐Céspedes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4585-4953)
- J. Rethman
- Ana Wintergerst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4403-4726)
- Corrado Paganelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1085-3587)
- Brian O’Connell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4529-7664)
- Ana Carolina Maldonado Fuentes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9198-5882)
- Chris Fox (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9480-5704)
- Denis Murphy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0097-0280)
- G. Chadwick
- K. West
- Pamela C. Yelick
Institutions
- Tufts University (US)
- University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras (PR)
- Khon Kaen University (TH)
- East Carolina University (US)
- Trinity College Dublin (IE)
- American Dental Hygienists' Association (US)
- American Dental Education Association (US)
- Dublin Dental University Hospital (IE)
- International Association for Dental Research (US)
- Universitat de Barcelona (ES)
- University of Brescia (IT)
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Journal Of Dental Education
- Published
- 2025-07-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/eje.70014
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Dental Health and Care Utilization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.47