DDUH at oral health manifesto launch in Brussels 13 February 2024

On February 13th the Platform for Better Oral Health in Europe launched its 2024-2029 manifesto ‘Smile your way to a Healthy Life’ in the European Parliament. The event was sponsored by MEPs Stelios Kympouropoulos (EPP, Greece), István Ujhelyi (S&D, Hungary), and Deirdre Clune (EPP, Ireland) and launched by Platform members, the Dental Officer at the WHO, representatives of civil society and EU policymakers. DDUH was represented by Prof Brian O’Connell (PER-IADR) and Max Walsh (EDSA).

Presented by Ireland’s Chief Dental Officer, Dr Dympna Kavanagh, the Manifesto stresses why oral health is so important, focusing on its rooted connections with all other major non-communicable diseases, on the inequalities that derive from different social and economic backgrounds, and the massive burden on healthcare systems and individuals that oral conditions cause.

Further details of the manifesto can be found at:

http://www.oralhealthplatform.eu/news/2024-2029-platform-manifesto-launch/