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The neglect of global oral health: symptoms and solutions

Benzian, H.

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2014

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Benzian, H. (2014). The neglect of global oral health: symptoms and solutions.

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Habib Benzian

Habib Benzian (26-1-1963, Bonn) graduated from the Free University of Berlin in 1987 and obtained the degree of “Dr. med.dent.”

After specializing in oral surgery and oral pathology (“Fachzahnarzt Oralchirurgie”) he worked for 13 years in several clinical settings, including private practice and maxillo-facial surgery departments of hospitals, as well as volunteer placements in several sub-Saharan African countries. In 2001 he obtained a MSc in Dental Public Health from King’s College, London, and became the first Director for Public

Health and Development of the FDI World Dental Federation. He both

coordinated and co-authored The Oral Health Atlas, a publication

mapping the neglected state of oral health worldwide. Currently he is founding director of The Health Bureau Ltd, a UK-based consulting

firm through which he focuses on global health issues such as non-communicable diseases, oral health, school health, water & sanitation, as well as health policy and evaluation. On behalf of the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) he serves as advisor for integrated

school health programmes in a number of countries. As a consultant for the WHO African and South-East Asian Regions he supports efforts

for the improvement of oral health and the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases. He has worked and lectured in numerous countries around the world and serves as Honorary Lecturer

in dental public health at the University College London.

To attend the public defence

of the doctoral thesis of

INVITATION

Habib

Benzian