Report of the informal regional WHO consultation on oral health: Mandalay, Myanmar, 24 October 2019

Overview

The informal Regional WHO consultation on oral health was held on 24 October 2019 in Mandalay, Myanmar, as a WHO side event and informal regional consultation on the sidelines of the 11th Asian Chief Dental Officers Meeting (ACDOM 2019). The Global Conference on Primary Health Care (1) in Astana, Kazakhstan in October 2018 endorsed a new declaration emphasizing the critical role of primary health care in achieving universal health coverage (UHC) and the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. UHC encompasses the full spectrum of essential, quality health services, from health promotion to prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care. For oral diseases, this means ensuring integrated essential oral health services, oral health workforces geared towards population health needs and financial protection and expansion of fiscal space for oral healthcare.