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Kenya Association of Paediatric Dentistry (KAPD) and the Global Child Dental Fund jointly host the 2nd annual training workshop for Kenyan Community Oral Health Workers Dental caries is one single most important oral disease affecting many children...

In July the Principal of Lusaka Dental School Dr Nalumino Sayela visited the copperbelt province, Ndola. The aim was to deliver the letter from the ministry of Education permanent secretary authorising Isubilo and dental training school visit Schools...

Recently Dr Carol Onyango, our African Network Consultant and lead with our Tanzanian MUHAS initiative, met with key individuals involved in the project and compiled the following progress report. Progress Overview The dental school started...

Professor Raman Bedi visited Cambodia for a week in June to meet with stakeholders, explore new partnerships, and monitor progress in the SEAL CAMBODIA project. Highlights of the visit included: 1. Meeting SEAL CAMBODIA partners - about 20...

In April this year Professor Bedi was invited to join an International Research and Training expert group focussed on Early Childhood Caries in South and Central America. The meeting was held at the University of Valparaiso, Chile. Other than...

An Oral Health Capacity Programme In March 2014 we co-funded with the Borrow Foundation a three –year oral health capacity building project in Zambia. The project is based in Ndola, the second city in Zambia, and our partner there is a local NGO, the...

Smile Efate Island Programme As part of the Pacific Network Project, we have been working with Robyn Watson (Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney) and a Senior Dental Leadership alumni (SDL-7) on an education programme for Efate Island, Vanuatu. The...

We recently forged an exciting new partnership to improve dental health in Zambia. A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed with the Isubilo Community Resource, the Zambian Dental Training School and the Zambian Ministry of Health Isubilo is an...

GCDFund coordinates dental chair donation between London and Haiti After serving years at Birmingham Children Hospital, three dental chairs had to find a new home for next chapter of giving and caring. Along with our regional consultant, Dr. Hyewon...

We are pleased to announce the 2015 Tony Volpe Award! This exciting award is presented annually to two established dental professionals, offering them a place on our prestigious Senior Dental Leaders Programme (SDL). Image shows: Dr Nazik Nurelhuda...

The Senior Dental Leaders Programme (SDL-8) SDL-8 was held in London from Sunday 9th to Friday 14th March. This year 17 delegates attended from around the world, including our largest cohorts from China (3) and Thailand (2). As in past years, the...

Dr. Nazik Nurelhuda recieves the Tony Volpe Award 2014 Image shows: Dr Nazik Nurelhuda receiving the 2014 Tony Volpe award presented by Tony Volpe (Left) (Trustee of the GCDFund) and Stanley Bergman (right) (Chairman and CEO, Henry Schein, Inc.) Dr....

Alliance for a Cavity-Free Future launches India Chapter at Indian Dental Conference 2014 VIA: BURSON-MARSTELLER 50% children, aged 5, suffer from cavities in Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad, 22nd February 2014: The Alliance for a Cavity-Free Future (ACFF),...

Late last year, King's College London covered on their website our collaborative dental-care programme with the One-2-One Charitable Trust in Timor Leste. The three-year legacy programme focuses specifically on developing a school oral health...

Dear friends We will be sending you our 2013 Annual Report soon. In the meantime, we would like to bring to your attention the first ever oral health newsletter from the World Federation of Public Health Associations. It was sent out today to all...

Knowledge and attitude of Indian Dentists towards dental indemnity insurance Demand for quality healthcare at affordable costs is the natural outcome of this development. Despite all of the knowledge and understanding, cases of dental treatment...

PATIENT SAFETY ON-LINE SURVEY AMONG INDIAN DENTISTS Patient safety is a fundamental principle of health care, in fact patient safety, medical error and adverse event reporting is becoming a major issue in health care systems across the world. This...

We have developed a new collaboration with the International Federation of Dental Hygienists. The Chair of the GCDFund Professor Raman Bedi met in Dili, Timor Leste, with Mrs Robyn Watson, President-Elect of the International Federation of Dental...

This year we ran the Richard Law Award for dental students willing to enter an essay competition as a part of the Indian Strategy Project. There were three topics to choose from: 1. Approaches for the Prevention of Oral Cancer in India; 2. Oral...

We have established a partnership with One-2-One to realise our goal of building dental capacity in Timor Leste. Led by Dr Fernando Jong, this partnership will be a three-year legacy project incorporating a school oral health programme and improving...

The submission deadline for the GCDFund Award for Best Project on the Dental Student Electives e-Depository website ( www.gcdfund.org ) has now been extended to Wednesday 13th November. The winner will be notified on Friday 15th November and the...

Recently, Professor Raman Bedi, Smitha Kakde and Mahesh Verma published an article in the 'International Dental Journal'. Entitled 'Oral health inequalities: a call for action to improve oral health in India', the article is an analysis of the...

KAPD and GCDFund Symposium: Nairobi, Summer 2013 As part of the African Network Legacy Project, GCDFund and the Kenya Association of Paediatric Dentists (KAPD) collaborated in organizing the first symposium on ‘Paediatric Oral Healthcare in East...

The GCDFund ambassador for Smiles and Hope Tanzania, Prue Preston, has been named Colgate’s Unsung Hero 2012 for her work with orphans and street children in Mwanza, Tanzania. This award comes with a donation of £5000 for Prue’s chosen charitable...