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Benoit current focus is on supporting implementation of policy options in countries to achieve Universal Health Coverage for oral health by 2030 with a special focus on introducing essential oral health care at primary healthcare level. Before leading the WHO HQ oral health programme, Geneva, Benoit was the Regional Advisor for Oral Health in the WHO African region. Recently benoit led the development of the WHO Global oral health status report launched in Nov. 2022, the draft global oral health action plan 2023-2030 and the WHO global strategy on oral health following the Resolution on oral health adopted by 74th session of the World Health Assembly. Benoit graduated in medical dentistry at the University of Clermont-Ferrand, France, and holds a PhD in Public Health and Epidemiology from University of Pierre and Marie Curie (Paris VI). In addition to France, Benoit has studied in community health at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.
Leading up to the fourth High-level Meeting on NCDs in 2025.
The Fourth High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (UNHLM-NCD) will provide an opportunity to adopt a new, ambitious and achievable political declaration on NCDs for 2050. WHO is fully committed to ensuring that oral diseases are better reflected in the future NCD agenda. As part of the preparatory processes for this high-level discussion, WHO will convene the first-ever WHO Global Oral Health Meeting in December 2024 to strengthen the capacity of ministries of health to fulfil the commitments made in the World Health Assembly resolution on oral health (WHA74.5) and to accelerate the implementation of the Global Oral Health Action Plan 2023-2030 as part of the broader NCD and UHC agendas. In addition, a high-level segment of the meeting will call for a global coalition for oral health to support countries in the reforms needed to achieve UHC for oral health. The presentation will outline the different steps that should be taken to ensure an international leadership for oral health on the road to 2025.
Learning objectives
- Participants will have a clear understanding of the challenges associated with the Fourth High-Level Meeting on NCDs and the prioritisation of oral health in the global health agenda.
- Participants will be provided with the latest information on the WHO Global oral health meeting and will know how to take part in it.
- Participants will receive information on ways and means to contribute to achieving universal oral health coverage for all.