Framing global health issues: the case of oral health
25 March 2025
With so many pressing global health challenges and limited resources, what determines whether an issue makes it onto the global health agenda? What factors shape its priority status? In this episode, using oral health as a case example, we take a closer look at the framing of global health issues. Host Garry Aslanyan sspeaks with Habib Benzian, a dentist, professor of epidemiology and health promotion at New York University and Co-Director of the WHO Collaborative Center on Oral Health. Bulela Vava is a dentist and President of the Public Oral Health Forum in South Africa.
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Habib Benzian video
Bulela Vava video
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Ending the neglect of global oral health: time for radical action. Watt, Richard G et al. The Lancet, Volume 394, Issue 10194, 261 - 272
Oral Health Atlas. The Challenge of Oral Disease – A call for global action is aimed at national dental associations, health organizations, industry professionals and the general public to provide them with the means they need to address policy makers, governments and local authorities and advocate for change in oral health related policies.
The return of oral health to global health – Reflections on the 148th WHO Executive Board meeting.
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