We were recently given a full update on all developments in Kenya from our partners Kenyan partners. Early Childhood caries is still a major problem affecting many children in Kenya. With limited human resource in the oral health sector to deal with...

Following the first succesful year of this award in 2014, the Social Responsibility award is open again this year. The award recognises hygienists and student hygienists who participate in a volunteering project which benefits disadvantaged children,...

Dental Hygienist Social Responsibility Award - Improving Oral Health of Disadvantaged Children In partnership with the International Federation of Dental Hygienists, we are delighted to announce the winners of the 2014 Social Responsibility Award:...

We are delighted to announce the results of GCDFund’s Richard Law Award 2014! This was a very competitive year and we were honoured to receive such a high standard of work across the board Post-graduate category Winner: Viswa Chaitanya Chandu for his...

Global Child Dental Fund & IFDH Dental Hygienist Social Responsibility Award Background: GCDFund is a UK-based charity focused on improving the oral health of disadvantaged children around the world and the IFDH is an international, non-governmental,...

In July Dr Tony Volpe, the former vice president of Clinical Research and Scientific Affairs from the Colgate-Palmolive Company, became a new Fellow of Kings' College London. Commenting on Dr Volpe's appointment as Fellow of the College, Professor...

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...