2021 marks 70 years since the United Nations signed the Refugee Convention
July 28, 2021 was the 70-year anniversary of the signing of Refugee Convention, a key international treaty establishing the right of people forced to flee their home countries. Since that date in 1951, millions of lives have been saved through this United Nations compact. Read more about the Refugee Convention »
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Improves Its Location In The Ranking Of The Best Universities In The World
The Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) has risen in the global ranking of best universities in the world by the QS World University Ranking, going from the score of 701-750 to 651-700. Read more about QS World University Ranking »
Peruvian Minister of Health, Oscar Ugarte, Visits Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH)
The President of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), Dr. Enrique Castañeda Saldaña, greeted the Minister of Health, Dr. Oscar Ugarte Ubillúz, at the university facilities for Ministry of Health’s supervision of the vaccination process against COVID-19, where volunteers are participating in the Sinopharm/China National Pharmaceutical Group vaccine clinical trial. Read more about clinical vaccination trial »
Khon Kaen University holds free dental clinic on Thailand’s National Dental Health Day
In honor of Thailand’s National Dental Day on October 21st, Khon Kaen University held a dental clinic for any Thai citizen who needed dental care. Read more about Thailand’s National Dental Health Day »
A new cleft palate device is created in Thailand
Over the past 20 years, Thailand has been successful in expanding oral health research capacity through a series of NIH D43 and D71 grants. As a result of this expansion, an exciting new creation has emerged from Khon Kaen University. The Nasal Creator Device has been developed for cleft lip and palate patients. Read more about Nasal Creator Device »
Advances in expanding research capacity in Kenya
Despite efforts to improve oral health, low- and middle-income countries such as Kenya often lack the resources necessary to build research and health system capacity. Read more about research capacity in Kenya »
Decreasing inequalities in global oral health: Let’s publish your thesis!
Our manuscript publishing class for junior researchers in Kenya is off to a great start as classes began in March 2021. The project was made possible by the University of Washington’s (UW) Global Innovation Fund (GIF), with collaborative efforts between the UW, the University of Nairobi (UoN), and Moi University (MU). Read more about about decreasing inequalities in global oral health »
The DeRouen Center receives an endowment from our founder
The Timothy A. DeRouen Center for Global Oral Health was recently gifted an endowment by our founder and his wife, Tim and Cheryl DeRouen. This generous gift is earmarked to grow and expand the center, and to expand research capacity in oral health in low- and middle-income countries. Read more about DeRouen Center endowment »
Advances in our efforts to integrate oral health among the Washington resettlement process
Refugees often experienced trauma in their home country, and during the migratory process to neighboring countries and refugee camps. Studies have shown that refugees have worse oral health than the vulnerable and underserved populations of their host countries. Read more about oral health in refugee population »
Public Health Dentistry Program at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
In Peru, according to the Ministry of Health (MINSA), dental caries is one of the most prevalent diseases in the population and oral cavity problems are the main cause of medical visits. Read more about public health dentistry »