WHO Collaborating Centre for Translation of Oral Health Science Japanese English
UK (EURO)
WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Issues
on Congenital Anomalies and Technology Transfer
Institution name :
Unit of Dental and Oral Health
University of Dundee Dental School
City :
Dundee
Country :
UK
Director / Head :
Professor Dr Peter Mossey
Professor Nicola Innes
Terms of Reference :
1.
Support for WHO Oral Health (ORH) in their ongoing pursuit of an implementation agenda towards reducing the burden of oral disease and promotion of oral health through primary prevention.
2.
Assist WHO Oral Health (ORH) to implement the WHO Global Strategy for the prevention and control of all NCDs with particular attention to the common risk factor approach and adoption of upstream strategies to influence policy and to address the social determinants of health.
3.
Assist WHO Oral Health (ORH) to initiate epidemiological studies, identify research gaps, adopt an evidence based approach and promote standardisation of data collection for dental and oral diseases including craniofacial anomalies, to provide accurate information to the WHO Global Oral Health database.
Dundee