Editorial: The WHO Global Oral Health Action Plan 2023-2030

K Eaton; H Yusuf; P Vassallo

doi:10.1922/CDH_Jun23Editorial02

Editorial: The WHO Global Oral Health Action Plan 2023-2030

Community Dent Health. 2023 May 30;40(2):68-69. doi: 10.1922/CDH_Jun23Editorial02.

Authors

K Eaton¹, H Yusuf², P Vassallo³

Affiliations

¹ Visiting Professor University College London and University of Portsmouth, Honorary Professor University of Kent.
² Senior Clinical Lecturer in Dental Public Health, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London.
³ Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Dental Surgery University of Malta, Member of the Council of European Chief Dental Officers, President European Association for Dental Public Health.

PMID: 37265395
DOI: 10.1922/CDH_Jun23Editorial02

Abstract

Oral health is finally on the global agenda. The World Health Organisation Global Oral Health Action Plan (OHAP) 2023-2030 (WHO, 2022a) has been completed following a public consultation which took place during August and September 2022. As oral diseases are the most prevalent non-communicable diseases; it is good to see that the OHAP will co-exist alongside the Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases 2013-2030. This editorial summarises the OHAP and highlights the opportunities and challenges discussed during the September 2022 EADPH congress, held co-jointly with the Council of the European Chief Dental Officers (CECDO).

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Global Health
Humans
Mouth Diseases*
Noncommunicable Diseases*
Oral Health
World Health Organization