Section of Chief Dental Officers/Dental Public Health

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2021 Annual Report

Bylaws

Global Chief Dental Officers

The Chief Dental Officers/Dental Public Health Section uses the term Chief Dental Officer (CDO) as a generic term that describes the one person in a country that is currently officially appointed as the senior civilian federal government policy authority in oral health. In countries that do not have a national CDO, the representative of the organization where the regional CDOs come together nationally is listed. While our Section strives to keep this global CDO list up to date, we realize that periodic changes take place in CDO position incumbents in all countries and that that information may not be immediately available to our Section. For this reason, we welcome FDI Regular and Associate Members to help us continually update this list by contacting the FDI Webmaster when the incumbent of their national CDO position changes.

Africa

Country	Chief Dental Officer
Algeria	Dr Farida SAIBI
Angola	Dr Jorge DUPRET
Benin	Dr Jean Guy ADJALLA
Botswana	Dr Faith GALEBOLE
Burkina Faso	Dr Rose DRABO
Burundi	Dr Juvénal Point MUYUKU
Cabo Verde	Dr Ozias Cunha FERNANDES
Cameroon	Dr Jean MIDOUNGE
Central African Republic	Dr Marthe Augustine KIRIMAT
Chad	Dr Abourma KEFAS
Comoros	Dr Ahamada Said ALIYASSAON
Congo	Dr Bienvenu MAKANGA
Côte d’Ivoire	Dr Marie-Laure TCHERE Yavo
Democratic Republic of Congo	Dr Umba Kazadi MAMY
Egypt	Dr Armany KHALIFA
Equatorial Guinea	Dr Gaudencio Esono NGOMO
Eritrea	Mr Sebhatu BEYENE
Ethiopia	Dr Molla GEDEFAW
Gabon	Mr Honoré MAGANDA MIHINDOU
Gambia	Dr Emmanuel BAMGELU
Ghana	Dr Constance ADDO-YOBO
Guinea	Dr Norbert TRAORE
Guinea-Bissau	Dr Lizandra CABRAL DOS REIS
Kenya	Dr Miriam MURIITHI
Lesotho	Dr Navoneiwa LINJEWILE-MAREALLE
Liberia	Dr M. KANAGASABAI
Madagascar	Dr Samoelà Hérédia RAZAFINDRAMBOHO
Malawi	Dr Enock PHALE
Mali	Dr Seydou GUEYE
Mauritania	Dr Mohamed ABDALLAHI Ahmed
Mauritius	Dr Basti Rishi KINNOO
Mozambique	Dr Amalia MEPATIA
Namibia	Dr Juvenary J. RUTABANZIBWA
Niger	Dr Amadou IBRAHIM
Nigeria	Dr Bola ALONGE
Rwanda	Dr Adolph KARENZI
São Tomé and Príncipe	Dr Milciades Quaresma Dos Santos NETO
Senegal	Dr Codou BADIANE
Seychelles	Dr Andre Michel Wix CUPIDON
Sierra Leone	Dr Patrick DON DAVIS
South Africa	Dr Mzimkhulu MCUBA
Swaziland	Dr Happiness N. MABUZA
Tanzania	Dr Baraka NZOBO
Togo	Dr Sama KOSSI
Tunisia	Dr Leila Larbi DOGHRI
Uganda	Dr Juliet Nabbanja KATUMBA
Zambia	Dr Mayuni SAKUSON
Zimbabwe	Dr Hardwicke MATIKITI

Asia

Country	Chief Dental Officer
Abu Dhabi	Dr Eissa AL-HOSANI
Armenia	Dr Davit MATEVOSYAN
Bahrain	Dr Abbas FARDAN
Bangladesh	Dr Umme Salma ABDULLAH
Cambodia	Dr Tepirou CHHER
Brunei Darussalam	Dr Malissa Abdullah SIKUN
Georgia	Dr Vladimer MARGVELASHVILI
Hong Kong SAR	Dr Wiley LAM
India	Dr Leimapokpam SWASTICHARAN
Iran	Dr Hamid SAMADZADEH
Iraq	Dr Fakhri Abed Ali ALFATLAWI
Israel	Dr Lena NATAPOV
Japan	Dr Nobuhiro TAGUCHI
Kuwait	Dr Yousif AL-DUWAIRI
Malaysia	Dr Maryana MUSA
Mongolia	Dr Bazar AMARSAIKHAN
Myanmar	Dr Khin MAUNG
Nepal	Dr Shaili PRADHAN
Oman	Dr Salahudeen A. AL BULUSHI
People’s Republic of China	Dr Shuguo ZHENG
Saudi Arabia	Dr Mohammed AL-RAFEE
Singapore	Dr CHNG Chai Kiat
South Korea	Prof. Kee-Wan CHANG
Sri Lanka	Dr. J M W Jayasundara BANDARA
Thailand	Dr Piyada PRASERTSOM
Viet Nam	Dr Nguyen Thi Hong MINH

Europe

Country	Chief Dental Officer
Albania	Dr Dorjan HYSI
Austria	Dr Gabriele SAX
Belarus	Dr Andrei MATVEEV
Belgium	Dr Stefaan HANSON
Bulgaria	Dr Lydia KATROVA
Croatia	Dr Hrvoje PEZO
Cyprus	Dr Chrystala CHARALAMBOUS
Czech Republic	Dr Roman ŠMUCLER
Denmark	Dr Lene VILSTRUP
England	Dr Sara HURLEY
Estonia	Dr Taavo SEEDRE
Finland	Dr Anne NORDBLAD
France	Dr Sophie DARTEVELLE
Germany	Dr Sebastian ZILLER
Greece	Dr Aristomenis SYNGELAKIS
Hungary	Dr Ildikó PINKE
Iceland	Dr Helga ÁGÚSTSDÓTTIR
Ireland	Dr Dympna KAVANAGH
Italy	Dr Corrado PAGANELLI
Kosovo	Dr Blerim KAMBERI
Latvia	Dr Andis PAEGLITIS
Liechtenstein	Dr Hans Jörg MARXER
Lithuania	Dr Alina PURIENE
Luxembourg	Dr Nico DIEDERICH
Macedonia	Dr Elena SOZOVSKA
Malta	Dr Paula VASSALLO
Moldova	Dr Aurelia SPINEI
Netherlands	Dr Maaike WIJNHOUD
Northern Ireland	Dr Simon REID
Norway	Dr Hildur Cecilie SOHOEL
Poland	Dr Elzbieta MALKIEWICZ
Portugal	Dr Rui CALADO
Romania	Prof. Dragos STANCIU
Russian Federation	Prof. Oleg JANUSHEVICH
Scotland	Dr Tom FERRIS
Slovakia	Dr Neda MARKOVSKA
Slovenia	Prof. Dr Martina DREVENSEK
Spain	Dr José Luis Dopico PLAZAS
Sweden	Dr Mariana NÄSLUND-BLIXT
Switzerland	Dr Peter SUTER
Ukraine	Dr Iryna MAZUR
Wales	Dr Andrew DICKENSON

North America

Country	Chief Dental Officer
Anguilla	Dr Lindel BROOKES
Antigua & Barbuda	Dr Gregson WILLIAMS
Bahamas	Dr Hiram Mitchell LOCKHART
Belize	Dr Rafael SAMOS
Bermuda	Dr Celia Musson NZABALINDA
Canada	Dr James TAYLOR
Cayman Islands	Dr Naude DREYER
Costa Rica	Dr Nora Chavez QUIROZ
Cuba	Dr Maritza Sosa ROSALES
Dominica	Dr Idaline DARROUX-JOHN
Dominican Republic	Dr Juan José DOMINGUEZ
El Salvador	Dr Ana Vilma Ortega de BLANCO
Guatemala	Dr Samuel COHEN
Haiti	Dr Jean Marius LAFOND
Honduras	Dr Carlos Roberto AGUILAR
Jamaica	Dr Irving MCKENZIE
Mexico	Dr Heriberto Vera HERMOSILLO
Montserrat	Dr Coretta FERGUS
Nicaragua	Dr Concepcion PALACIOS
Panama	Dr Aminta GALVEZ
Puerto Rico	Dr Augusto ELIAS
St. Christopher (St. Kitts) & Nevis	Dr Randy LIBURD
Trinidad & Tobago	Dr Elizabeth PRAYMAN
Turks & Caicos Islands	Dr Jameiko HARVEY
United States	Dr Tim RICKS

Oceania

Country	Chief Dental Officer
Australia	Mr Mark CHILVERS
Fiji	Dr Tokasa Ratubalavu LEWENI
New Zealand	Dr Riana CLARKE
Phillipines	Dr Blesida SANCHEZ
Solomon Islands	Dr Ellison VANE
Vanuatu	Dr Jenny STEPHENS

South America

Country	Chief Dental Officer
Argentina	Dr Javier CANZANI
Brazil	Dr Livia Maria Almeida COELHO DE SOUZA
Chile	Dr Carolina MENDOZA Van Der Molen
Colombia	Dr Sandra TOVAR Valencia
Ecuador	Dr Ximena RAZA
Guyana	Dr Joanes JEAN
Paraguay	Dr Gloria Medina QUIÑONEZ
Peru	Dr Jim Romero LLOLLA
Suriname	Dr Marcel PANDAY
Uruguay	Dr Pablo Bianco RICCI
Venezuela	Dr Defgren CAMEJO

FDI World Dental Congress 2021

2021 World Dental Congress

Go to WDC website

The FDI World Dental Congress 2021 Sydney will be a 100% virtual special edition

This September 26-29, the Australian Dental Association (ADA) and FDI will present a completely virtual, special edition of the World Dental Congress (WDC). Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, the Congress has been moved 100% online for the first time.

This virtual Congress, broadcast from the International Convention Centre in Sydney, will have the option to stream live sessions as well as pre-recorded on-demand presentations, available for 60 days after the Congress.

Congress participants will have 200+ CE scientific sessions to choose from, with speakers from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and New Zealand. Participants will be able to interact with speakers and ask questions in real time.

The industry exhibition will also be held through the same virtual event platform, ensuring a seamless experience for participants to engage with exhibitors and view product demonstrations.

FDI CDO/DPH Section

Given the challenges of holding a live/synchronous Section Annual Business Meeting (ABM) with fair and reasonable access to CDOs in all 24 time zones, there will be no Section ABM this year. In its stead, we’re planning to hold a virtual “Open Executive Business Meeting” for our Executive Board Members, whereat any Section Members who are interested and available may observe. The link to this meeting may be found here.
The meeting will take place at 09h00-10h00 Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, 29 September 2021.

A preliminary list of topics to be discussed is:

1.Global impact of COVID-19 on oral health, and actions that have been taken at the WHO/transnational and CDO/national levels to address them.

2.Global impact of the WHA74 Resolution on Oral Health and engagement of national CDOs in the resultant 2022 draft Global Strategy, and its subsequent 2023 Action Plan for Public Oral Health.

3.Global uptake of the FDI Vision 2030: Delivering Optimal Oral Health for All, and next steps for national CDOs.

4.Global rollout of the ACFF Global Consensus for Achieving a Dental Cavity-Free Future, and next steps for national CDOs.

Section Members are welcome to forward to the Chair any issues that they feel require the attention of the Executive Board. The Chair may be reached at zusmans@gmail.com.

FDI Public Health Committee / Chief Dental Officer Forum

As in previous years, a joint FDI PHC/CDO Section Forum will be held during the 2021 WDC. This year’s program is entitled: Success stories on integrating Oral Health into General Health, and will include:

1. Success story: Education - evidence based

2. Success story: Policy

3. Success story: Dissemination to public and/or other healthcare providers

Past Meetings

CDO past meetings minutes

Global Surveys

Refugee Oral Health Survey

Oral Health Policy Survey

Key International Publications

Lancet Series on Oral Health – July 2019

FDI Vision 2030: Delivering Optimal Oral Health for All

Alliance for a Cavity-Free Future