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Bulela Vava | SA has an oral health crisis, new HPCSA oversight boards need to step up urgently

Posted in: Access to Medicines, Healthcare system, Healthcare Workers, Latest, Opinions, Oral health, Spotlight

The new board members for the Health Professions Council of South Africa have an opportunity to tackle the growing oral disease crisis by dealing with regulatory gaps and inequity, as well as making decisive reforms to the industry, argues Dr Bulela Vava.

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Bulela Vava | SA has an oral health crisis, new HPCSA oversight boards need to step up urgently

Bulela Vava | Today’s poor oral health in SA is partly a legacy of apartheid

Posted in: Access to Medicines, Focus, Healthcare system, Healthcare Workers, InFocus, Latest, Opinions, Spotlight

We need to confront the racialised and class-based structures that still dictate society’s oral health outcomes, argues Dr Bulela Vava as we head toward the end of this year’s National Oral Health Month.

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Bulela Vava | Today’s poor oral health in SA is partly a legacy of apartheid

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