El acuerdo fue firmado el 9 de Febrero por la Representante de la OPS/OMS en Colombia,  doctora Ana Cristina Nogueira, y el Rector de la Universidad, Padre Joaquín Emilio Sánchez García, S.J., en las instalaciones de la Universidad en Bogotá.   El acuerdo hace parte de la iniciativa Comunidades Libres de Caries de OPS/OMS, una estrategia que tiene como objetivo la integración de salud oral en los servicios de APS, como un punto crítico para el diagnóstico y prevención de enfermedades orales.

PAHO Director opening remarks appeal to work together to promote oral health in Latin America and the Caribbean while signs a new partnership agreement between the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Colgate-Palmolive Company that will support PAHO's Caries Free Communities Initiative (CFCI), a community-based program.

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Water Fluoridation Promotes Oral Health across Communities

Hailed as one of 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century by the CDC, water fluoridation has been preventing tooth decay in communities since 1945. This section highlights an overview on community water fluoridation and its benefits for oral health from the Center for Disease Control