Whats the status of the Global Caries Initiative?
The Global Caries Initiative, created conceptually in 2008 to Eradicate Caries by 2020, was launched at a major conference in collaboration with one of our FDI members, the Brazilian Dental Association (ABO), in Rio de Janeiro in July 2009. This conference was followed by meetings in Singapore, at the FDI AWDC; in New York, during the Greater New York Dental Meeting; and in 2010 it was introduced in Dubai during the AEEDC meeting. Meetings are planned in Durban, South Africa (Oct 2010) and Brisbane, Australia (April 2011). As the initiative takes shape other major international oral health organizations are coming on board and financial and expert support is growing. What are FDI’s partnerships? • Live.Learn.Laugh. Building on the success of the first phase, which raised awareness of the importance of oral health through 40 projects carried out in 37 countries, FDI and Unilever Oral Care will continue into Phase II of their global partnership Live.Learn.Laugh. This second phase will be
