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Dentistry in Paradise Information on the next Dentistry in Paradise congress scheduled for April 2010 is available via the following link:
http://www.caribbeandentalprogram.com
12/11/2009
Commonwealth
Conversation
In preparation for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Trinidad and Tobago in November this year, and to review the first sixty years of the modern Commonwealth and to look forward to the next sixty years, the Royal Commonwealth Society is conducting a survey to ask how the Commonwealth can add value to the international community in the 21st century.
The Commonwealth conversation can be found here: Click on:  The Commonwealth Conversation.
It consists of only ten questions and takes around ten minutes to complete. The purpose of the conversation is to:
* Gather the opinions of individuals and organisations across the world about the Commonwealth.
* Identify key issues of international concern on which the Commonwealth should focus.
* Help re-vitalise the Commonwealth and re-connect it to a new generation.
* Present key recommendations to Commonwealth leaders and policy makers.
* Raise awareness about what the Commonwealth is and does.

CDA MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO VISIT THE WEBSITE AND COMPLETE THE SURVEY.
22/10/2009
Dentaid Leaflet

“A leaflet on infant oral mutilation has been published by Dentaid. Click on Leaflet
For further information please look at
http://www.dentaid.org/whatwedo/iommainpage . For printed copies, please contact rosemary@dentaid.org . “

30/09/2009
6th Triennial Meeting Report The Report on the 6th Triennial Meeting held in Singapore on 5th September 2009 is available. See 6thTriennialReport 29/09/2009
The New
CDA Executive
 

At the CDA 6th Triennial Meeting, held in Singapore on 5th September 2009, the following were elected to form the new CDA Executive:

Dr Hilary Cooray(Chair) (President)

Dr William O’Reilly (President-Elect)
Prof Jacob Kaimenyi (Immediate Past President)
Dr Sam Thorpe OR
(Executive Secretary)
Dr Anthony S Kravitz OBE Treasurer)

Dr Sue Greening (Vice-President, European Region)

Dr Lee Soon Boon (Vice-President, South East Asian Region)

Professor Adeyami Olusile (Vice-President, West African Region)

Professor Flora Fabian-Taylor (Vice-President, Central and South African Region)

Vacant (Vice-President, Pacific & Australasian Region)

Dr Tanya Mortemore (Vice-President, Canada & Caribbean Region)

05/09/2009
Constitution See New Constitution 05/09/2009
Standing Orders See New Standing Orders 05/09/2009
CDA Bulletin The CDA July 2009 Bulletin is on this website. See Bulletin July 2009 21/07/2009
CHPA Survey
Summary Report
The Commonwealth Health Professions Alliance (CHPA) recently ran a survey on climate change and health throughout the Commonwealth. The CDA is a member of the CHPA and CDA members contributed to the survey. The findings were presented to the Commonwealth Health Ministers’ Meeting on 17 May 2009 in Geneva. A Summary Report can be downloaded here. 10/06/2009
Applications  for Youth Study Visit to India The Commonwealth Foundation is inviting young professionals from Africa and Asia to a youth study visit to India. The object is to gain an understanding of development priorities in the Commonwealth on issues such as gender equality, HIV and AIDS, climate change and disability. The attached letter provides more information. Any interested young dentists should send their application by 20 May 2009 to Ulrike Matthesius at administrator@cdauk.org, who will then forward the name as a formal CDA nomination. 14//05/2009
CDA Triennial The Commonwealth Dental Association held its Triennial Meeting on 5th September 2009 in Singapore. There was a Workshop on Challenges of Infection Control in Rural Dental Practice followed by the business meeting. Limited financial assistance wais available for delegates.  For more information please see the following two documents.
Nominations for Officers of the CDA  and  Triennial Support Announcement.
06/09/2009
Mwanza Workshop
at Tanzania Feb 2009
The Commonwealth Dental Association and the Tanzanian Dental Association teamed up with Bridge2Aid for the successful workshop held in Mwanza. Click on Mwanza Workshop  &  Final Report 30/03/2009
CHPA Survey The Commonwealth Health Professionals’ Alliance, of which the CDA is a member, is running a survey on the subject of ‘Climate Change and Health’. The findings of this survey will be presented to the Commonwealth Health Ministers’ meeting which will be held on 17 May 2009 in Geneva. The more information is received by the CHPA, the bigger the impact will be of the presentation. You are therefore encouraged to complete the questionnaire and send it to the CHPA and the CDA. The deadline for completion is 10 April 2009, so that findings can be collated in time for the ministers’ meeting. Click on CHPA-MediaRelease. Click on CHPA Survey 09/03/2009
Bulletin
December 2008
Click on CDA December 2008 Bulletin 20/12/2008
Bulletin
June 2008
Click on CDA June 2008 Bulletin 03/07/2008
CDA Appoints a new General Administrator CDA appointed Ms Ulrike Matthesius as its new General Administrator with effect from 1st April 2008. Phone +44 (0)20 7563 4133
See Press Release
03/04/2008
03/07/2008
CDA Contacts The current E-mail contacts for CDA are:
Executive Secretary: Dr Sam Thorpe    
Treasurer: Dr Anthony Kravitz

and for specific matters:
Administrator      Membership       Bulletin
01/04/2008
Workshop "The Role of Dental Health Workers in Disaster Management" 8-10th May 2008 at Sydney, Australia
Book by 29/02/2008 Click on
Workshop for details
27/02/2008
Survey 2007 The "Survey of Dental Workforce in the Commonwealth" by Anthony Kravitz is available on this website. See Survey2007 17/04/2007
Bulletin
February 2007
The February 2007 issue of the CDA Bulletin and the 5th Triennial Supplement are available on this website. 28/02/2007
The New
CDA Executive
 

At the CDA 5th Triennial Meeting, held in Sri Lanka in December 2006, the following were elected to form the new CDA Executive:

Prof Jacob Kaimenyi (Chair) (President)

Dr Hilary Cooray (President-Elect)

Dr K Gandhi (Immediate Past President)

Dr How Kim Chuan (Regional Vice-President, SE Asia)

Dr John Hunt OBE (Regional Vice-President, Europe)

Dr Anthony S Kravitz OBE (Treasurer)

Dr Clement Luhanga (Regional Vice-President, East, Central & Southern Africa)

Dr Derwin Munroe (Regional Vice-President, Canada & Caribbean)

Dr William O’Reilly (Regional Vice-President, Pacific)

Dr Kofo Savage (Regional Vice-President, West Africa)

Dr Sam Thorpe OR (Executive Secretary)

08/12/2006
Commonwealth
Priorities for
Oral Tobacco
Cessation
As it is known, in most of the Commonwealth countries, tobacco is a major cause of untimely death. The Commonwealth Dental Association held a workshop in Geneva on Friday 19 May 2006 and discussed the issue of Chewing and Smokeless Tobacco Cessation and prepared a Statement. The Statement was taken forward to and tabled at the Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting (CHMM) in Geneva on 21 May 2006. See CDA Oral Tobacco Statement
21/07/2006
Paedodontic
Society
A link to the Paedodontic Society of South Africa has been added to the Links Page. This Society is a special group of SADA (South African Dental Association) 31/05/2006
World No
Tobacco Day
CDA supports and wishes to draw to attention the poster to publicise the World No Tobacco Day on 31st May 2006. Click on No Tobacco Poster. 29/05/2006
CDA Blog CDA now has a Blog (WeBlog) on its website to provide a facility for authorised Executive Committee Members to "post" blog information to the website and allow others to comment on it to provide feedback. Click on Blog. 28/03/2006
Tobacco Cessation Project Developing a Programme for Disadvantages Populations.
The objectives being:
* To inform Commonwealth Ministers of Health about the oral health consequences of certain lifestyle habits and to offer support in the development of health promotional activities and policies to reduce the risks.
* To encourage Commonwealth National Dental Associations to support national programmes which address the Common Risk Factor Approach.
* To establish the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (New Delhi) as a Collaborating Centre for Tobacco and Oral Health.
* To undertake studies of a community in India with a record of high tobacco use and, later, in Southern Africa.
05/02/2006
Dental Books and Journals for Africa
CDA has received an excellent response to its notice in the British Dental Journal requesting dental books and journals for Africa.  This is a programme in partnership with Quayle Dental Manufacturing, at Worthing, UK, who have kindly undertaken to transport, as part of their dental equipment consignments, books and journals to the Dental School at Muhimbili University in Tanzania.  This is at no cost to CDA.  The donors, for their part, have undertaken to send the books/journals for storage until the consignment leaves the UK.
For anybody who resides in the UK and has any dental books or journals which they would like to donate to the Muhimbili University would they please contact the CDA Administrator:
Administrator@cdauk.com or Ms Ulrike Matthesius on +44 (0)20 7563 4133
23/03/2007
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