FDI’s strategy 2014 to 2017 will be the subject of a special workshop to take place in Mexico City on 15 May within the context of the FDI mid-year meetings.
Simultaneous celebrations of World Oral Health Day 2014 took place in three neighbouring countries in South East Asia with strong support from FDI leadership. FDI President Dr Tin Chun Wong was in Thailand, then Myanmar; Dr Patrick Hescot was in Vietnam.
FDI will be present at IDEM Singapore from 4 to 6 April, while FDI President Dr Tin Chun Wong will, like all FDI Presidents since the landmark event was first held in 2000, be addressing the opening ceremony.
FDI has signed a Letter of Cooperation with two Ministries in Myanmar, its member the Myanmar Dental Association and Signal (under the management of Unilever Myanmar Service Limited) to ‘Give Myanmar Children a Cavity Free Future’.
FDI launched its report ‘Oral Health Worldwide’ during a press event held on World Oral Health Day, 20 March, in the London premises of the British Dental Association.
The Pacific Island state of Vanuatu, population 247,262* (World Bank 2012), joined over 100 countries worldwide to ‘celebrate healthy smiles’ on World Oral Health Day 2014.
Nine new or revised FDI Policy Statements are currently under consideration, seven within the FDI Science Committee (SC), two within the Dental Practice Committee (DPC).
