| Scottish Government |
International development partner/ facilitator/ funder |
- main funder of policy development. Total MalDent Project grant: £1.3 million GBP ($1.5m USD)
- partial funding PhD student
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| University of Glasgow |
Academic/facilitator |
- obtained funding to finance policy development through a Scottish Government grant for an oral health joint project with the University of Malawi College of Medicine
- advised on situational analysis
- facilitatory role in bringing together different groups to progress the policy development.
- supervision of PhD student
- worked with the World Health Organisation, Malawi Ministry of Health and the University of Malawi College of Medicine to establish the national workshop on oral health policy in February 2020
- University of Glasgow had two representatives on the Oral Health Policy Task Force: the Head and Deputy Head of the Dental School
- University of Glasgow Dental School Head co-chaired the Task Force with the Ministry of Health Head of the Non-communicable Disease portfolio.
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| World Health Organization |
International development partner/ technical advisor |
- provided technical support for Malawi to develop and implement oral health strategy in line with the Regional Oral Health Strategy
- guidance incorporating global issues in policy
- include essential oral health service into Malawi essential health service package
- capacitate CDOs and dental officers to develop/implement oral health policy
- support surveillance integrating oral health into existing surveillance systems
- African countries first to have a regional oral health strategy
- the regional oral health office provided documents and guidelines which were helpful in integrating oral health with NCDs and structuring uniform services nationally
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| University of Malawi College of Medicine (now Kamuzu University of Health Sciences) |
Academics |
- capacity building
- coordinating oral health policy task force meetings
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| Ministry of Health |
Policy custodian/ technical advisor |
- policy experts, dental professionals delivering service in district and central hospitals
- initial Concept Paper draft
- data and information for situation analysis
- guideline for Malawi policy development
- Ministry of Health coordinates different specialties writing the policy
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| Dental Association of Malawi |
CSO |
- representation of interests of oral health professionals
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| Malawi Office of the President and Cabinet |
Advisor |
- policy guidance and approval
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| Ministry of Forestry and Natural Resources |
Advisor |
- inform research and policy on fluoride issues in water for Malawi population
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| Strathclyde University |
Academic |
- research on fluoride levels in Malawi water
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| Glasgow School of Art |
Academic |
- designing new dental school building in Blantyre
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| Borrow Foundation |
Funder |
- main financial support for research and PhD student creating an oral health improvement strategy for children in Malawi.
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| Local authorities (District and Community leaders) |
Consultancy |
- dental therapists and patient experiences at district level. Contributed data for epi-survey and situational analysis
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| Non-Governmental organizations |
CSO |
- input on situational analysis of hard-to-reach areas where they deliver services
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