🌍 FDI, @kenyadental & NDAs from Uganda, Tanzania, & Rwanda address excess fluoride in groundwater & endemic fluorosis, key concerns in their countries. 🚰 Workshop participants strategized on tackling water insecurity &will unite for a position statement &white paper. Coming 🔜!
Danielle Watts, from Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, found herself in a "dental desert" - an area where no dentists offer NHS care - and could not afford the thousands of pounds of private treatment needed to fix her teeth. One by one, over several months, she pulled out 13 of her own teeth.
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The ministry of health is exploring partnering with Temple University Maurice H. Kornberg school of dentistry in the United States as part of ongoing efforts to improve dental health outcomes in the country. 1/7
A delegation from the Temple University, a dental school based in Pennsylvania, U.S.A , on Thursday paid a courtesy visit to Nairobi Metropolitan Services Director General Lt. Gen. Mohamed Badi to discuss oral health services in Nairobi.
In Kenya the dentist population ratio is 1:42000 while the recommended ratio by World Health Organization is 1:7000. NMS is committed to improving access to quality and affordable oral health care services for all residents of Nairobi.
Earlier today, KMPDC Council Member, @mdjkitulu represented @DDrnjenga, Chair KMPDC during the launch of the National Oral Health Policy and Strategy that aims to provide a framework for prevention of oral diseases and promotion of oral health.
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1/5 A Joint East African Community Partner States Medical and Dental Councils/Boards is currently undertaking the 3rd EAC Joint Inspection of Medical and Dental Schools and their respective Teaching Hospitals in the United Republic of Tanzania @MOH_Kenya@DanielYumbya@DDrnjenga
This morning, @KmpdcOfficial Chair @DDrnjenga presided over the 132 Full Council Meeting where the organizations performance in the 3rd quarter financial year 2021/22 and strategies going forward were discussed. @MOH_Kenya#EnsuringQualityHealthcare
@jlelo@kmpdu@Davji @femaledokta The existing facilities both public and private can absorb the doctors based on workload indicator staffing needs. Patient care quality should not be sacrificed.