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About Public Oral Health Forum

The Public Oral Health Forum is a diverse and inclusive professional network of public oral health professionals working for the South African government. It is a registered NPC with a focus to build the public oral health service into one that is reliable and responsive to the comprehensive oral healthcare needs of the South African public. The organisation was founded in February 2018 by Dr Bulela Vava, a public service dentist in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa. He now leads the organisation as interim national chairperson of its National Advisory Council, the strategic arm of the organisation. The Public Oral Health Forum also governed by a board of directors, which exercises administrative oversight and lead by Dr Vusumuzi Nkosi, a senior public health researcher at the South African Medical Research Council. The POHF's strategy for transforming the public oral health service in South Africa is underpinned by a commitment to ongoing advocacy efforts to promote oral health and bring attention to issues affecting access & oral health service delivery. Research and policy development are a key strategic component ensuring that public oral health professionals participate in and conduct research for the advancement of oral health and for developing progressive oral health policy. Continuous professional education and training of all categories of public oral health professionals is central to our strategy in an effort to develop the requisite skills and capacity to respond to the ever evolving oral health landscape and ensure access to quality services informed by the latest in evidence and intention best practice. The last component of our strategy is centred on a deliberate effort and focus on organisational development by ensuring that the organisation is on a continuous upward trajectory of growth both in membership and impact.