| A. | Oral Health Promotion and OralDisease
Prevention |
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| A.1 School programs |
1.1 School tooth brushing program 1.2 Screening and education program 1.3 fluoride application 1.4 Teachers orientation program |
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A.2 Oral health Orientation program |
2.1 Female health care volunteers. 2.2 Different women groups 2.3 Community people 2.4 Youth volunteers |
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A.3 Education program |
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| B. | Human Resources Development | · BPOC (OUT & ART trainings)-Phaseout
· The development of infrastructure for oral health · Creating platform of learning forInterns and New dental surgeons · Volunteer participations |
| C. | C. Oral Health Curative Care | · Dental camps
· Integrated health camps · School treatment program · Community Dental clinic at Hattiban, lalitpur (Referral centre, Treatmentat low cost/Free) |
| D. | Advocacy | ⚫ Fluoridated tooth paste
⚫ Fluoride application ( ACT ) ⚫ School tooth brushing Program ⚫ Hygiene maintenance |
| E. | Research | · Qualitative
· Quantitative |
Oral Health Programme
Oral Health Programmes are the core of HDSN. It is one of the leading and few organizations in Nepal that is working for better oral health through various preventive, promotive and curative services. It has signed a 5 year Memorandum of Understanding with the Oral Health Focal Point, Department of Health Services, Government of Nepal in November 2008. It therefore run programs for the Government as well as supports and works in collaboration with national and international partners in doing the following activities:
- Conducting teacher trainings on oral health throughout the country
- BOHC trainings (Training Primary Health Care Workers on how to do extractions/ oral health promotion and Atraumatic Restorative Treatment using GIC)
- Oral health promotion programs for Female Health Care Volunteers from different parts of Nepal.
- School Oral Health Program in schools which includes making the parents, teachers and the students become aware of the importance of teeth as well as give them knowledge about common oral health problems
- Run and advocate for yearly brushing program in schools
- Advocate for the use of fluoride vehicles
- Develop educational material development on oral health
- Establishment of an Oral Health Setup in Chattiwan, Hattisude
- Supervision and monitoring of the past work through collection of reports
- Act as a consultant to the Ministry of Health and population in the field of Oral Health