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World Oral Health Day

The Commonwealth Dental Association supported World Oral Health Day

The CDA supported World Oral Health Day 2011 (12 September), which is focusing on non-communicable diseases. The event was coordinated by the International Dental Federation (FDI), of which the CDA is an associate member.
The CDA supports the FDI in calling for a stronger focus on oral diseases in policy making around NCDs ahead of a UN General Assembly Summit on the issue that takes place in New York next week (19 and 20 September 2011). The event will focus on the growing health and economic impacts of NCDs. The FDI, which represents more than a million oral health professionals worldwide, is calling for a clear recognition of oral conditions among the global NCD priorities and a strengthening of the role of dentists and the dental team in preventing them.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the world is seeing a growing epidemic of non-communicable, or chronic, diseases (NCDs), and they are currently one of the leading causes of premature deaths worldwide. World Oral Health Day 2011 is focusing on these conditions because oral diseases and other NCDs share many common risk factors including tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol and over-consumption of sugar.
Further details about World Oral Health Day and campaigning activities for it are available at:
http://www.fdiworldental.org/content/fdi-produces-media-kit-world-oral-health-day-2011.

 12/09/2011
Barbados Workshop The  Commonwealth Dental Association, in association with the Barbados Dental Association, is holding a 3-Day Workshop from Tuesday 22nd- Friday 25th November 2011. The theme of the meeting is "Educstion, Abuse, Neglect and the Oral Care Practitioners". See Link. 29/07/2011
CDA Triennial The Commonwealth Dental Association held its 6th Triennial Meeting on 5th September 2009 in Singapore. There was also a Workshop on Challenges of Infection Control in Rural Dental Practice followed by the business meeting. Limited financial assistance was available for delegates. For more information please see the following two documents.
Nominations for Officers of the CDA  and  Triennial Support Announcement. 
See also 6th Triennial Meeting Programme		 05/09/2009
Press Release The Commonwealth Dental Association and the Tanzanian Dental Association teamed up with Bridge2Aid for the successful workshop held in Mwanza. Click on Mwanza Workshop 10/03/2009
CHPA Survey The Commonwealth Health Professionals’ Alliance, of which the CDA is a member, is running a survey on the subject of ‘Climate Change and Health’. The findings of this survey will be presented to the Commonwealth Health Ministers’ meeting which will be held on 17 May 2009 in Geneva. The more information is received by the CHPA, the bigger the impact will be of the presentation. You are therefore encouraged to complete the questionnaire and send it to the CHPA and the CDA. The deadline for completion is 10 April 2009, so that findings can be collated in time for the ministers’ meeting. Click on CHPA-MediaRelease. Click on CHPA-Survey 09/03/2009
     
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