FRESH School Health and Nutrition (SHN) Webinar: Oral Health in Schools – March 2018

Oral diseases are among the most common diseases worldwide, particularly for school-age children and adolescents. They pose significant public health problems for all countries and entail substantial health, social, and economic impacts.

Simple and effective interventions exist to prevent most oral diseases. The school setting, among others, plays an important role. Specific focus will be on the integration of oral health promotion into Wash in Schools programming. Results from a multi-country study in South East Asia will be presented and discussed.

Speakers: Dr Bella Monse (GIZ), Denise Duijster (ACTA), Habib Benzian (NYU)