The World Health Organization's (WHO) Global Oral Health Status Report of 2022 presents a concerning reality: an estimated 3.5 billion individuals worldwide, representing approximately 50% of the global population, suffer from various forms of oral diseases. Among these, untreated dental decay (both in deciduous and permanent teeth), severe periodontal disease, toothlessness, … [Read more...] about “A happy mouth is a happy body:” The role of Community Health Workers in Oral Health Education.
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Your Voice: Frontline Health Workers Are the Unsung Heroes of Global Health Progress
This post originally appeared on the USAID Frontlines Blog With her 3-month-old son, John, lethargic, feverish and vomiting, Korto Kinne sought help in the remote Sinje resettlers camp in the northwestern corner of Liberia. Musu Kpakar, a community health worker, administers a rapid finger-stick test to see if malaria parasites are present in John’s blood. Because malaria … [Read more...] about Your Voice: Frontline Health Workers Are the Unsung Heroes of Global Health Progress