SBDN support the work of FDI in bringing this work to fruition: follow the link below to view the 3 goals in full:
- Policy and influencing legislation to provide oral care for refugees
- Increasing access to tertiary care
- Support preventative and therapeutic interventions
FDI have launched the ‘Promoting Oral Health for Refugees: Advocacy Guide
Promoting access to oral care for refugees
The Refugee Oral Health Promotion and Care Project was launched in 2018 and seeks to understand how different countries’ experiences, solutions, and epidemiological data on providing oral care to refugees can be combined to develop a toolkit that will discuss clinical, policy, and societal recommendations and best practices to improve oral health care provision among refugees.
Definition: Refugees are people who have fled war, violence, conflict or persecution and have crossed an international border to find safety in another country and are unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion.
Ref: FDI https://www.fdiworlddental.org/refugee-oral-health-promotion-and-care-project