2024
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292549
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Health workforce for oral health inequity: Opportunity for action

Jennifer E. Gallagher,
Grazielle C. Mattos Savage,
Sarah C. Crummey
et al.

Abstract: Oral health is high on the global agenda following the adoption of the 2022 global strategy on oral health at the 75th World Health Assembly. Given the global burden of oral disease, workforce development to achieve universal health coverage [UHC] is crucial to respond to population needs within the non-communicable disease agenda. The aim of this paper is to present an overview of the oral health workforce [OHWF] globally in relation to key contextual factors. Data from the National Health Workforce Accounts … Show more

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“…Prior data indicates that the global distribution of dentists is inequitable, with creative workforce development being a critical need to achieve universal health coverage 38 . The simplicity of SDF application can lead to efficient increases in the oral health workforce.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Prior data indicates that the global distribution of dentists is inequitable, with creative workforce development being a critical need to achieve universal health coverage 38 . The simplicity of SDF application can lead to efficient increases in the oral health workforce.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%