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IADR Presidential Symposium: Global Oral Health: Defining the Research Agenda

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2023 IADR/LAR General Session with WCPD

The 2023 IADR/LAR General Session & Exhibition with WCPD provided dental, oral, and craniofacial health scientists with the opportunity to present, discuss, and critique their latest and most cutting-edge research at a 100% in-person gathering in Bogotá, Colombia. The meeting was attended by 1,667 individuals from 76 countries.     

The recordings in this library from the meeting are a selection of the science that was presented at the General Session. These recordings give you the opportunity to participate in the meeting and hear from leading researchers. The recordings include IADR Distinguished Lecture Series speakers and symposia from a collection of scientific groups and networks.

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Session Description
The Presidential Symposium will focus on the 2021 World Health Assembly resolution WHA74.5 recognizing that oral health should be part of the non-communicable disease, and universal health care, agendas. The resultant strategy and draft oral health action plan aim to implement these agendas by 2030. One of the six strategic objectives of the draft plan is to develop oral health research programs in member states that are context- and need-specific, thus supporting evidence-informed practice guidelines. The goal is for at least 20% of countries to have national oral health research agendas that focus on public health and population-based interventions by 2030. Actions will include building alliances with public, academic, and private sector stakeholders, promoting participatory research that involves diverse and vulnerable populations, and building an evidence base to tackle under-investigated oral diseases. This symposium will explore the needs of different countries in forming their research agendas, and how countries might work together most effectively.

Learning Objectives
  • Attendees will appreciate the oral health research agenda in the WHO global oral health action plan (2023-2030) arising out of the WHA74 in May 2021. Attendees will understand how the context and needs of countries differ with regards to inequalities, access to care and improving oral health.
  • Attendees will explore how national research programs can support improvements in oral health around the world, with specific reference to the WHO Global Oral Health Strategy.
  • Attendees will learn how to develop and strengthen national research programs to have the greatest impact on oral health.
Presentation Date
Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Session Organizer/Chair
Benoit Varenne (Chair)
Brian O'Connell (Organizer)
Jennifer Gallagher (Chair)

Presenters
  • Carol Guarnizo-Herreno - Needs and challenges for oral health research in Central and South America
  • Yuka Makino - Needs and challenges for oral health research in Central and South America
  • Manu Mathur - Needs and challenges for oral health research in South and South East Asia
  • Dympna Kavanagh - Strengthening the Oral Health Action Plan and implementation through research
Sponsoring Groups/Networks
Global Oral Health Inequalities Research Network|Other

CE Credits
1.5 Hours

Financial Interest Disclosure:
World Health Organization


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