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The International Council of Nurses has accredited our Advanced Dental Leadership programme. This develpment will allow medical nurses to study our new specialist module, The Fundamentals of Oral Health, for Continuing Education points. This module...

The South East Asia Association for Dental Education (SEAADE) met in September 2016, with Professor Raman Bedi. Together they called for delegates to unite to improve dental leadership in the next generation of young dentists in South East Asia. To...

We are currently accepting submissions for the Tony Volpe Award for SDL-11 in Boston, March 2017. The award covers all tuition, travel and accommodation costs for SDL-11. Pictured left is the 2016 winner Professor Jeff Yengopal with, from left to...

Recently we received the following update on the progress made by the Kenya Association of Paediatric Dentists and the Paediatric Dentistry Association of East Africa. On the 12th July the Kenya Association of Paediatric Dentists (KAPD) held in...

SEAL CAMBODIA was launched in late 2012 in primary schools around Phnom Penh. The project was initiated by the Global Child Dental Fund (GCDF), with additional sponsorship from CamKids (the Cambodian Children’s Charity), and the GC Asia Dental...

An award of GBP £250 (Approximately Rs 25000) is available to dental students in India. To be considered for the award, students must enter an essay competition and take up the Advanced Dental Leadership Certificate Training, which you can register...

Representatives of the Zambian Oral Health Capacity Programme recently provided the following update on their work. From the 11th-12th May we had the privilege of receiving Professor Raman Bedi, Chairman of the Global Child Dental Fund at King’s...

We are delighted to announce that Professor Jeff Yengopal from South Africa recieved the prestigious Tony Volpe award 2016. Jeff is the Associate Professor and Head of Department/Chief Specialist at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg....

To mark the tenth anniversary of our Senior Dental Leaders Programme, we published the Senior Dental Leaders Legacy brochure, which was distributed to all in attendance at SDL-10. Beginning with SDL-1 in 2007, the brochure documents each of the 10...

2015 was the third consecutive year of this award for Indian dental students. Entrants submitted essays centered on challenges in social responsibility and leadership in the Indian dental profession. The judging committee chose one winner and four...

In partnership with the International Federation of Dental Hygienists, we are delighted to announce the winners of the 2015 Dental Hygienist Social Responsibility Award: 1st place winners Jade Lavalle and Hikari Shiga will receive $3,000 for their...

We are delighted to announce that our new online Certificate in Advanced Dental Leadership (ADL) will be jointly accredited by the World Federation of Public Health Associations, a prestigious global organization promoting global health since 1967....

In September Professor Bedi visited our Zambia project, where dental therapy students are being trained to provide dental care to disadvantaged children in Ndola. The 3-year programme, co-funded by the Borrow Foundation and the Global Child Dental...

In honour of the late Richard Law, an accountant who tragically died from oral cancer, we are offering an award of GBP 250 (Approximately Rs 25000) to dental students in India. To be considered for the the award, you must enter an essay competition...

We are delighted to announce we are now accepting submissions for the Tony Volpe Award for SDL-10 in London, March 2016. The award covers all tuition, travel and accommodation costs for SDL-10. Pictured left is the 2015 winner Professor Sonia...

In August Professor Bedi was invited to visit the Peking University School of Stomatology by Dr. Shuguo ZHENG, the Director and Professor of the Department of Preventive Dentistry. During the visit Professor Bedi met Professor Chuanbin GUO, the Dean...

Dental Hygienist Social Responsibility Award - Improving Oral Health of Disadvantaged Children *UPDATE* Following the first succesful year in 2014, the Social Responsibility award is running in 2015. In order give all entrants enought time to enter...

Professor Sonia Groisman, the 2015 Tony Volpe award winner and co-author of our oral health booklets, has been helping promote the Portuguese version of the booklets in Brazil. Recently she sent us this update. 'Earlier this summer we successfully...

We were recently given a full update on all developments in Kenya from our partners Kenyan partners. Early Childhood caries is still a major problem affecting many children in Kenya. With limited human resource in the oral health sector to deal with...

Following the first succesful year of this award in 2014, the Social Responsibility award is open again this year. The award recognises hygienists and student hygienists who participate in a volunteering project which benefits disadvantaged children,...

Dental Hygienist Social Responsibility Award - Improving Oral Health of Disadvantaged Children In partnership with the International Federation of Dental Hygienists, we are delighted to announce the winners of the 2014 Social Responsibility Award:...

We are delighted to announce the results of GCDFund’s Richard Law Award 2014! This was a very competitive year and we were honoured to receive such a high standard of work across the board Post-graduate category Winner: Viswa Chaitanya Chandu for his...

Global Child Dental Fund & IFDH Dental Hygienist Social Responsibility Award Background: GCDFund is a UK-based charity focused on improving the oral health of disadvantaged children around the world and the IFDH is an international, non-governmental,...

In July Dr Tony Volpe, the former vice president of Clinical Research and Scientific Affairs from the Colgate-Palmolive Company, became a new Fellow of Kings' College London. Commenting on Dr Volpe's appointment as Fellow of the College, Professor...